Pujya Tan Singh Ji who won hearts of others by rendering his own, considered his duties a profound responsibility and termed them as meaning of the life, bound himself wholly to his aim, self disciplined himself to instill the spirit of discipline in the society, counted activeness as life and indolence as death, considered stumbles and ordeals of life as a boon and founded Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh to restore life, glory and honor in the society, is our pioneer. He was born on 25 January 1924 (Magha Krishna Chaturthi, Samvat 1980 according to Indian Panchang) in his Nanihal (Maternal place) Berasiala, a small village situated in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. His father Balwant Singh Mahecha was Thakur (historical feudal title for master of a village in Indian State era) of Ramderia village in Barmer district of Rajasthan and Smt Moti Kanwar Ji Sodha was his mother. About four years after the birth of Tan Singh Ji, his father left his body for Heavenly abode on Kartik Sudi Ekam, Samvat 1984 and the boy Taneraj (his childhood name) became Thakur of an estate with yearly income of a mere ninety rupees. His affectionate mother raised him while facing all the hardships. For his primary education, child TanSingh had to stay alone in Barmer city and Mataji (his mother) stayed in village to take care of land and agriculture. After studying in Barmer till the sixth grade, in 1938, at the age of 14, Mataji sent her only son to a distant city and Tansingh Ji attended the Chaupasani School in Jodhpur. He did complete his matric from the Chaupasani and in the year 1942, he went to Bidla College, Pilani, Jhunjhunu to complete his graduation. After doing so, in 1946, he went to nagpur to study Law. After that, he returned to Barmer and started to practice Law. In 1949, he was elected as the first chairman of Barmer Municipality. In 1952 Indian general elections, at the age of 28, he was elected as MLA from Barmer for the very first legisletive assembly of Rajasthan. During his tenure as MLA, he was also elected as the leader of the joint opposition in the assembly for some period. In 1957, he again got elected as MLA. In 1962, he was elected to the Lok Sabha (Lower house of the Indian Parliamemt) from the Barmer-Jaisalmer which was the largest constituency in the world at that time. He won the election with total spending of only 9000 Rupees. After loosing in 1967 general elections, he started his own business and provided employment to many of his companions. He was again elected to the parliament in 1977 and on December 7, 1979 he left his mortal body.

This all is just a general introduction to Pujya Tan Singh Ji. But his real introduction is the task he worked upon his whole life – showing the bewildered Kshatriya society its natural and eternal path of duty. While studying in Chaupasani, Tan Singh Ji he became concerned about the condition of the society and the direction it is going towards and he started to converse and contemplate with his like minded companions there about this. After he moved to Pilani in 1942, this process gained momentum and on the night of Diwali in 1944, he laid the foundation of Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh as an platform for enthusiastic youth to contemplate about their society. In this organisation members were being registered, conferences were being held and contemplations over the society’s current situation took place. Its first session was held in Jodhpur on 05-06 May, 1945 and the secone one was held in kalipahadi (Jhunjhunu) on 11-12 May, 1946. But Pujya Tan Singh Ji was not satisfied with this limited and formal system as it did not serve the actual purpose of his for founding the organisation. Even after going to Nagpur to study law in 1946, he kept in touch with few other organisations and kept looking for a suitable system for Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh which can serve his purpose and embody his vision. In this time span, he drew an outline of a process based on continuous and regular practice. After returning to Jaipur, he convened a meeting on 21 December, 1946 with the members of the organisation and after discussions over his proposed system, next day on December 22, 1946 he founded Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh in its present form replacing the erstwhile system of the organisation. The first training camp was organized in the Jaipur itself from 25 to 31 December, 1946. Thus, pujya Tan Singh Ji established a new path to awaken the natural qualities of Kshatriya Society and to push them towards being an active and useful part of this creation from the perspective of the divine existence. Pujya Tan Singh Ji was elected as first Sanghpramukh (Head of the Union) and in 1949, he was re-elected. In 1954, keeping himself away from the electoral process, made his closest companion Shri Ayuvan Singh Hudeel Sanghpramukh. He did the same in 1959. After Ayuvan Singh Ji resigned to devote his full time to politics, Tan Singh Ji was again elected as Sanghpramukh and held this responsibility till 1969. In 1969, to upraise the new leadership, he made his finest disciple Shri Narayan Singh Reda the new Sanghprukh and for next ten years this new leadership flourished under his guardianship. He had attended 192 training camps of Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh in his life. The seven-day training camp, organised in Ratangarh from 23rd December 1978 to 1st January 1979, was his last one. Pujya Tan Singh Ji played the leading role in the movement against the acquisition of Chaupasani School in 1949. After assassination of Mahatma Gandhi Ji in 1948, he also joined the movement against the ban on Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and rendered voluntary arrest. Against the Land Acquisition Act, which was enacted by the Government with malicious intent, he participated in both ‘Bhuswami’ movements in 1955-56 as a front line volunteer and went to jail as instructed by the then Sanghpramukh Ayuvan Singh Ji. At last, in negotiations with the then Prime Minister Pandit Nehru, Tan Singh Ji put forward the demands of the society. Pujya TanSingh Ji also composed unique literature for the followers of his path. His fourteen books have been published so far which are inspiring and guiding us today. Apart from this, he wrote hundreds of articles in various journals and magazines. He himself published many magazines. The ‘Sangh Shakti’ magazine which was established by him, is still being published without interruption since 1960 (Except for the period of emergency). Apart from this he also wrote thousands of letters to to his companions and disciples, many of which are still preserved as his heritage. His unpublished book “Jeevan Pushpa” will be published soon. Being all above said, the real introduction of Pujya Tan Singh Ji is his creation – Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh which can only be understood through experience.