Mohan Singh Oberoi arrived in Shimla in 1922 with Rs 25 in his pocket and got a job at The Cecil Hotel in Shimla. Mohan Singh Oberoi was born in a Khatri family in Bhaun, a minor village of Jhelum District (now Chakwal District) in Pakistan's Punjab. Mohan Singh Oberoi was just six months old when his father passed away. Mohan Singh Oberoi could not find a job and came back to his mother to his home village in the Jhelum district. Mohan Singh Oberoi died on May 3, 2002, at the age of 103.

Source: dna July 10, 2023 13:50 UTC