Bhai Takht Singh (1870 - 1937), a pioneer of women's education, was born at Firozpur around 1870. His father, Deva Singh Nihang, is said to have fought in both of the AngloSikh wars (184546 and 184849). Takht Singh passed the High Proficiency (Vidvan) examination in 1887 from the Oriental College at Lahore, where two of his teachers, Bhai Gurmukh Singh and Giani Ditt Singh, both leading figures in the Singh Sabha reform movement, deeply influenced him.