Kishen Singh Kapoor

Kishen Singh Kapoor (1873 - 1936) was a mathematician, author and a teacher. He was the eldest son of Bhai Jassa Singh who had migrated to Amritsar city from Kabul, Afghanistan. He married Hukum Kaur of Dera Baba Nanak in 1898 and they had two children, a son and a daughter.

Bhai Kishan Singh was educated in Lahore. He was the first Sikh Principal of Khalsa College, Amritsar, the pioneer Sikh institution in India.

Professor Kishen Singh was a professor of Maths at the College and on April 30 1898, when Mr Vere O’Ratigan, then Principal, left the College, Professor Kishen Singh was called upon to officiate as Principal, thus becoming the first Sikh Principal of the College. He again took over the reins of Principal of the College on August 15 1899 when Dr. John Campbell Oman left the College to sail to England.

The most notable event during his tenure as Principal was the visit of Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India to campus of Khalsa College, Amritsar.