Sardar Bishen Singh Ramgarhia , ISO, the grandson of Sardar-i-Bawakar Mangal Singh Ramgarhia, C.S.I., K.C.S.I. who joined police succeeded his uncle Gurdit Singh (Bamrah Tarkhan). He also served as the Head of State Police and Police Member on Jaipur State Council during 1916-1917; and earned the rare distinction during the early days of the British Raj. Sardar Bishan Singh Ramgarhia was made Deputy Superintendent of Police in April 1909. For his distinguished and meritorious services he was made Sardar Sahib and in 1911, he received King’s Police medal. In 1922, he received the Imperial Service Order. In 1916 he was deputed to Jaipur State to reorganize the State Police there, and worked as a member of the council of State in Jaipur. He also served as Offg Superintendent Police in Hoshiarpur and Montgomery (now called Sahiwal in Pakistan). He retired from service in 1923. In 1926 he was made Honorary Magistrate exercising personal powers in Amritsar District and retired in 1932 under 65 years rule. Sardar Sahib, Sardar Bishan Singh was a Provincial Darbari and exempt from the arms act. He was granted 7 rectangles of land in Montgomery Distt in 1916 as landed gentry grant. He was one of the invited guests of the Government of India on the of the Coronation Darbar held in Delhi 1n 1911. During the Great War he gave 1/3 of his income towards the War-fund.
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