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Sobha Singh (painter)
Indian painter
Not to be confused with Sobha Singh (builder) or Sobha Singh (Sikh chieftain).
Sobha Singh | |
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Singh on a 2001 stamp of India | |
Born | (1901-11-29)29 November 1901 British India |
Died | 22 August 1986(1986-08-22) (aged 84) PGI, Chandigarh |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Sobha Singh Naqqashi |
Known for | Painting |
Sobha Singh (29 November 1901 – 22 August 1986)[1] was an artist from Punjab, India.
Early life
Sardar Sobha Singh was born on 29 November 1901 in a Sikh family in Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
Sobha Singh was a key building contractor in the early to mid 20th Century, and with his father Sujan Singh is credited with landmarks like India Gate and.
His father, Deva Singh, was in the Indian cavalry. Sobha Singh joined British Indian Army as a draughtsman in 1919 and served at Iraq till 1923 when he resigned from the Army and opened his own studio at Amritsar in 1923. He moved to Lahore, Preet Nagar, Delhi, and Bombay before finally settling down in Andretta in 1947 as he was forced to leave Lahore due to the partitio