Singh simultaneous studied and worked as assistant at the Garbyang government school in the
Dharchula area, and later progressed to obtain the Tehsil Mudarisi diploma from the Normal School at
Almora. He taught at Milam Girls' School and the Garbyang government school.[5][6][7]
Explorer (1867–1885)
Hired and trained by the
Geological Survey of India's
Dehradun office, Singh then participated in the
Great Trigonometrical Survey, and later became a trainer for the survey.
James Walker, the superintendent of the survey, took him and his cousin Nain Singh on expeditions of Tibet and Central Asia. He was part of the several important expeditions listed below.[8][9][1][10]
He was also the first person to map the
Ramgarh crater on a finer scale of (1 : 63,360).[11]
Retirement and death (1885–1921)
Singh retired in 1885. In 1913 he became a guardian patron of the "Johar Upkarini Mahasabha" grassroot development co-operative society of the
Johar Valley. He died in February 1921.[2][3]