Artist Sohan Singh was born in August 1914. His interest in art was inherited from his talented artist father S. Gian Singh Naqqash. In 1929 he joined the Art Company of S.Hari Singh, and in 1931 after visiting Delhi and Bombay, he reached the port of Calcutta, where he joined his father in their business in Bazaar Sodhian.
In 1932 he made a portrait of S. Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, which fetched him a first prize at the Ramgarhia Federation Conference at Kharagpur.
A portrait of Banda Bahadur in a ‘warrior’s pose’, which sold in thousands was very well acclaimed by the public. He bagged gold medals and high awards at exhibitions held at Calcutta, Kharagpur, Bombay, Trivandrum, Delhi etc. He won quite a few gold medals, plus silver medals and awards in money.