Ram Singh

British

/ ˈræm ˈsɪŋ /

noun

1816–85, Indian leader of a puritanical Sikh sect, the Kukas, who tried to remove the British from India through a policy of noncooperation

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In the first part of the 1800s, Ram Singh, Ravinder’s great-great-grandfather, farmed wheat and rice outside of Lahore, now in Pakistan but then part of British India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav told AFP on Sunday that authorities have deployed drones, camera traps and shooters in the area.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Ram Singh, the driver, never made it to trial.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2017

A fifth defendant, Ram Singh, was found dead in a Delhi prison in March last year.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014

They found Ganda Singh and his following at Nuroat on the Beas River, while Ram Singh was some miles further on.

From The Story of the Guides by Younghusband, G. J.

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