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Sardar Bahadur Gopal Singh son of Subedar Major Dharm Singh, was born in 1862 at village Nurpur Lobana in Kapurthala state. He got knowledge of Urdu, Farsi, English and Gurmukhi in his early career. He joined army in 1882 but left it after the death of his father so he could manage the estate awarded to his father in Lahore district. The estate was named as Gopal Singhwala (Village). Late on the village was known as Rakh because the original land belonged to Sham Singh Attariwala.

During the First World War, he sent maximum recruits from the Lobana community. Recognising his services, two squares of land in chak 28 in Chunnian tehsil of Lahore district and five squares in te Okara tehsil of Montgomery district were awarded to him. He was honoured with the title of 'Sardar Bahadur' in 1916. From January 8th 1921 to October 23, 1923 he served as a member of the Punjab Legislative Council.

Gopal Singh supported the planned programs for the uplift of the Lobanas. He did a lot to establish Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Lobana High School at Tanda in 1921. He Participated in the VIHAR SUDHAR LEHAR. In 1928, he arranged Vihar Sudhar Conference at Chak No. 37 Pattoki in Lahore district. He died in August 30th ,1947 at village Nurpur Lobana. His sons and grandsons were allocated land in village Bassi, district kapurthala after the partition. His grandson Jagjit Singh Basi remained a member of SPGC for 16 years.

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