 On 6 August 1915, Gurdial Singh Dhillon was born in the Panjwar area, some 20 kilometres west of Amritsar city in Punjab into a Dhillon Jat family.He studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar and Government College, Lahore before graduating in Law from Punjab University Law College in Lahore.He played an active role in the Harse Chhina Mogha Morcha rebellion in 1947.