Sundar Singh Majithia

Sardar Bahadur Sir Sundar Singh Majithia (17 February 1872 – 2 April 1941) was a Punjabi landowner and politician.

Biography He was born to an aristocratic Sher-Gill Jat Sikh family, the son of Raja Surat Singh of Majitha. He was educated at Aitchison College, and Government College, in Lahore. In 1909 he established Saraya Sugar Mills in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur. and was knighted in 1926.

He played a leading part in forming the conservative and loyalist Khalsa Nationalist Party and was a significant contributor to the Singh Sabha Movement.

Bottom Row: from right to left Sundar Singh, Haji Wadal Shah, Mir AllahDad Talpur, Unknown, Seth Jhamandas, Ghulam Nabi Shah, Ali Murad Sanjrani, Din Muhammad Junejo, Seth Prem Chand Upper Row: Fourth from left is Ghulam Rasool Shah, rest unknown.

It had been alleged that he hosted a dinner for Reginald Dyer on the evening after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Personal life Sundar Singh had two sons, one of whom was Surjit Singh Majithia. He was also the great-grandfather of Bikram Singh Majithia and Harsimrat Kaur Badal. His brother was the scholar and photographer Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Majithia and his niece was the artist Amrita Sher-Gil. One of his grandchildren was the aviator Dalip Singh Majithia.