Popularly known as International Gold Medallist Dhadi, Dilbar was born in 1930 in Sahari village of Lahore before shifting to India and settling in a village near Nawanshahr following Partition.
Dhadis are ballad singers who otherwise focus on singing Sikh history events and heroics, but late Daya Singh Dilbar took the Dhadi tradition to another level, highlighting wonders of science also as he performed ‘Vaaran’ (ballad).