Acadia World School runs under the aegis of Captain Ram Singh Educational Society
CAPTAIN RAM SINGH, (1864-1949), soldier and Akali Politician, was son of Nattha Singh of Sunam, presently sub-division of Sangrur district of Punjab.. His father had served in the Army of the Sikh rulers of Lahore and later in the British Indian Army. Born in 1864, Ram Singh spent his early life in his native village where he received his early education. As he grew up, he enlisted in the Patiala State Army, after serving in it for sometime further proceeded to join 15th Sikh Battalion of the Indian Army on 15 April,1882. He served meritoriously in the Sudan campaigns of 1884-85 and 1897-98 and on the North-West Frontier of India. He rose steadily in rank and became the Subedar Major and Honorary Captain by the time he retired in 1908.
He was also awarded Order of the British India (O.B.I.) and the title of Sardar Bahadur, and granted 125 acres of land in the Sargodha Canal Colony in Shahpur district (now in Pakistan). Captain Ram Singh was a devout Sikh. While serving as aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India towards the end of his Army career, he had taken initiative to establish a Gurudwara at Shimla. After retirement he helped raise a Gurudwara in Chakk No. 127, close to his estate in Sargodha; and rebuilt a historical shrine, Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi, at Sunam. He also took active part in the Akali agitation of the 1920`s.
As member of the first Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, he was elected its Vice-President on 27 November,1921 following the arrest of the former incumbent in connection with the campaign to recover the keys of the Golden Temple Treasury from the British. He himself, along with 50 others, was arrested on the night of 13-14 October,1923; following the government declaration of 12 October outlawing the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Shiromani Akali Dal, and was released on 26 January,1926. He continued to take active interest in Sikh affairs till the end which came on 29 December,1949.
