Colonel Lal Singh Thind (Turna) was born in March 1902, in a status Kamboj family, in Kamboj village Turna, near Lohian, District Jullundur, Punjab, India. His father Maiya Singh had served in the army of former princely State of Kapurthala where he held the rank of army Major. He was also the Zaildar of the village.
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