Hare Krishna Singh was born in 1827 in the village of Barubhee in Shahabad district of Bihar to Shri Aidal Singh who was a landlord. His original occupation was as a tehsildar for the Jagdishpur estate and was in charge of Piro pargana. British sources describe him as a middle sized man who was 30 years old at the time of the rebellion. He brushed his moustache upwards in the style of an up-country sowar.
