A front-ranking freedom fighter, Sardul Singh Caveeshar was born at Amritsar in 1886. He had his degree in post-graduate studies from the Panjab University, Lahore in 1909. During the period of his studies he proved himself a first class football and Cricket player.Sardul Singh began his public career with the bringing out of the Sikh Review in 1913 at Delhi. When agitation started over the demolition of a portion of the outer wall of Gurudwara Rikab Ganj, Delhi, he played a leading role in it with the result that he was extorted from Delhi for his objectionable activities.Thereafter, he shifted to Lahore and started a newspaper, called the New Herald. From the very foundation of the All-India Sikh League in 1919, he was among its most active members and was elected its Secretary in 1920 and its President the following year. The same year, in recognition of his services to the national cause, he was elected Secretary of the Punjab Provincial Congress Committee. During the period 1921 to 1922 he actively participated in the non-cooperation movement and the Akali morchas on account of which he was arrested and sentenced to transportation for 5 years. But he did not have to complete the whole term and released after a year only.In 1925 Sardul Singh presided over the Punjab Provincial Conference. In 1926 he resigned the membership of all Sikh organizations in order to devote himself wholly to the national cause. In 1928 he was elected member of the Congress Working Committee. This position he held for several years till he left the Congress for good. He acted as President of Indian Nation Congress in 1932 and 1933. He was sentenced four times in connection with the Civil Disobedience movement