All of the Sikh families are land owners, who migrated to this region from the Punjab around 1928, when the canal was built by Maharaja Ganga Singh of the former Bikaner state.
Born in Bikaner to a family of singers, by the age of 10 she was singing in the Durbar of Maharaja Ganga Singh.
Four of their sons were knighted, including Field Marshal Sir Charles Egerton, Sir Reginald Egerton (Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General), Admiral Sir George Egerton, and Sir Brian Egerton (tutor to Ganga Singh, the Maharaja of Bikaner).
Manmohan Singh | Maharaja Ranjit Singh | Anurag Singh | Yuvraj Singh | Ranjit Singh | Jagjit Singh | Vijay Singh | Guru Gobind Singh | Bhagat Singh | Ganga | Karan Singh | Khushwant Singh | Jai Singh I | Hari Singh | Talvin Singh | Simranjit Singh Mann | Ram Teri Ganga Maili | Parkash Singh Badal | Yograj Singh | Upasana Singh | Tiger Jeet Singh | Satendra Singh | Raj Singh | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Karamjit Singh | Harbhajan Singh | Ajit Singh | Sukhbir Singh Badal | Rawal Ratan Singh | Rajendra Singh |