06 · FAMILY STORIES
Dalip Singh
Born 1919
Karmuwala
Son of Jowahar Singh
Profile
Dalip Singh was born in 1919 and came from Karmuwala. He had an agricultural background. 1
Dalip joined the Indian Army on 11 April 1937 as Sepoy No. 11251, serving with the 1st Battalion of the 15th Punjab Regiment. He joined the Indian National Army at Rangoon in 1942 as Havildar No. 54836. He was subsequently taken prisoner, brought to India and held at a camp recorded as “Jigar Kacha” before his release in June 1946. 1
An INA nominal roll also lists Dalip as Sepoy No. 11251 of the 1/15th Punjab Regiment in the Bahadur Group. 2
Photographs & Documents
Dalip Singh on INA Nominal Rolls 1943-1945
Dalip Singh on INA Nominal Rolls 1943-1945
Sources & Notes
Sources and notes (3)
[1] Fauja Singh (ed.), Who’s Who: Punjab Freedom Fighters, volume I (February 1972), p. 312, APNA image page0402. The retained source review confirms the linked Army and INA numbers, service chronology and camp spelling. The printed locality is “Karmonwala,” post office “Kharka,” identified in the family research as Karmuwala and Gharka.
[2] INA nominal-roll image, associated with “Nominal Rolls & Orders of Indian National Army, 1943 to 1945.” The image is a source reproduction hosted with the family research, not independent corroboration by the website. It does not show number 54836 or prove a promotion chronology. The original reference describes the records as found at Sime Road Camp on 5 November 1945; that date is not visible in this crop, and full archival provenance remains to be established.
[3] Earlier family research identifies Dalip as the son of Jowahar Singh and grandson of Bhan Singh, records a height of 176 centimetres (approximately 5 feet 9½ inches) from an Army record, and identifies Santa Singh as his brother from a reading of the 1958 jamabandi. The precise parentage evidence, Army height entry and land-record page linking the brothers to this serviceman have not been recovered. These details remain research claims, not facts established by [1] or [2].