Sita Ram Kohli was born on February 28, 1889, at Bhera. Bhera was a historical and flourishing town, which was also a tehsil headquarter at that time. It is in the Shahpur District of the west Punjab, which is now in Pakistan. Sita Ram Kohli belonged to the middle-class family that professed Sikhism in sehajdhari form . Sita Ram got his early education at the Government HighSchool Bhera. After doing matriculation, he got his admission in the D. A. V. college at Bhera. But after a short period, He joinedthe Government College Lahore, where he did his graduation andpost-graduation. His post-graduation was in history. As he waone of the best students in the batch that passed out, he was granted the Alexandra Research Scholarship ( 2) by the Punjab University Lahore for conducting research in history. This was a turning point in the life of Sita Ram Kolhi. This scholarship inspired him for research in historical studies.
1 . See also Fauja Singh’s article, ‘Sita Ram Kolhi’ in Fauja Singh(ed.), Historians And Historiography of The Sikhs, New Delhi, 1978.
p. 220 (1 is nentioned in the above para of the article).
2 . A scholarship of the value of Rs.100 per month. As Sita Ram had shown an early talent for historical research, he was the first scholar to be awarded this scholarship in 1915.