Dhanna Singh (photographer) dating history

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Dhanna Singh 'Patialvi' (c. 1893 or 1905 – 2 March 1935) was a photographer of colonial-era Punjab. He captured hundreds of photographs of Sikh shrines while travelling around on his bicycle and camera in the 1920s and 1930s. He called himself 'cycle yatru' (meaning "cycle pilgrim"). Travelling over 20,000 miles on his bike, he visited more than 1,600 Sikh sites and captured photographs of many of them. The areas in India he visited stretched from Kashmir in the north, Nanded (Sri Hazur Sahib) in the south, Peshawar (Jamrud) in the west, and Assam in the east. In-addition to his photographs, he also recorded travel diaries. His photograph tour was active from 11 March 1930 to 2 March 1935, consisting of nine trips.