On June 4, 1904, in Village Rajewa, Rohane, district Ludhiana, Punjab, Shri Shibulal Smt. Mehtab Kaur were blessed with a child, who was named Ramji Das. The child lost his father at very tender age. The mother educated him upto tenth class. He could not continue his studies because of economic reasons.

In 1924, he went to out in search of employment in Lahore. He stayed and worked in honorary capacity in Gurdwara Dera Sahib. He was very much impressed by the morning kirtans, kathas community kitchen which serviced each and everyone irrespective of cast, creed or any other consideration. He considered himself a sevadar (volunteer) of that institution and became a part of it. He converted to Sikkhism and was named Puran Singh. After few months of his stay there, one morning, he found a 4-yr-old disabled boy abandoned by someone. He took charge of the child and named him �Pyara' a loved one. He looked after all his needs and remained there till the partition of the country in 1947, when he migrated to Amritsar, Along with his Pyara.

At Amritsar in refuge camps, he came across several destitutes, orphans, sick, old physically and mentally disabled persons, which included old men, women and children etc. He started rendering all kinds of services to them. In 1952, he started an institution and named it �Pingalwara'. With his humble but very hard efforts, it started receiving donations and in course of years grew into a very big establishment.

Now, it has more than 300 inmates, daily expenses run into Rs. 30,000/- and monthly budget at Rs. 9 lakhs. The inmates are given food, shelter, medicines, clothing and bedding. Grants are given by state and central governments, Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, but the main income is from donations, from India and abroad. The untiring and honest efforts of Bhagatji, besides his humble simplicity and loving care of the inmates has elevated the institution to the present state. He has received awards from government and other non-governments organizations.