Sardar Deva Singh was born into Jat family, his territory was situated in the Jalandhar Doab and it fetched him one lakh and a quarter annually. He possessed a few villages in the Cis-Satluj area also. When Maharaja Ranjit Singh Of Lahore was eliminating the Sikh Jat sardars, he came to Sialba with some cash and jewellery His territory and property in the Jalandhar Doab were immediately confiscated by the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Of Lahore.
Reference:-
- History of the Sikhs vol.5 By Hari Ram Gupta.