| Honorific Prefix: | Naib Tehsildar |
| Giani Lehna Singh | |
| Birth Place: | Amritsar, Sikh Empire |
| Known For: | Editor Administrator |
| Movement: | Singh Sabha Movement |
| Relatives: | Giani Sant Singh (grandfather) Giani Gurmukh Singh (father) Giani Parduman Singh (brother) Jhanda Singh Giani (son) |
| Family: | Giani family |
Naib Tehsildar, Giani Lehna Singh was a Sikh scholar, editor and administrator who was the founder of the Gurmukhi Akhbar.[1] He was born in the famous Giani family.[2]
He was born in the Gianian Bunga in Amritsar, India near the Akal Takht. His father, Giani Gurmukh Singh, was tortured to death by Muslims in 1843 employed by Hira Singh Dogra and Pandit Jalla.[3] His brothers were also arrested and he was forced to go on the run and leave Amritsar, he hid in Chiniot, his families ancestral village.
He had started working with his brother, the next head of the Giani Samparda, Giani Parduman Singh.[4] Giani Lehna Singh and Giani Pardoman Singh held their first meeting of the Gurmukhi Akhbar in 1871 at Burj Gianian and it was financed by Maharaja Wazir Singh of Faridkot.[5] He wrote many articles for the Gurmukhi Akhbar, and was the first of its kind meant for its readers centered around religious and limited social issues and many of which against Christian missionaries, Arya Samajis and Islamic intervention in Sikh religious affairs and shrines.[6] He also edited in 'the Khalsa' and the 'Khalsa Akhbar'.[7] He had also discovered a translation of Guru Granth Sahib that Guru Gobind Singh sent to Aurangzeb in Persian which he later gave to his father-in-law.[8]
He was Naib Tehsildar of Jalandhar, Ferozepore, Ludhiana and Amritsar.[9] During his tenure at Ludhiana he was part of the 1871 Namdhari Movement, by arresting the Namdharis in Malerkotla before they could start a large riot in the area. He later provided John Lambert Cowan and Thomas Douglas Forsyth, with cannons for blasting 82 Namdharis.[10] He was then selected for a search operation at Bhaini Sahib, where he took all unlicensed weapons stored in the building and arrested Guru Ram Singh Namdhari, he escorted the Guru to Allahabad and tortured him as well.[11] He was rewarded by Sikh aristocracy, although the Namdharis still call him "Duja Wazir Khan" (or the Second Wazir Khan).