Singh wrote his first play,
Kamla Kumari, in 1937, which was first staged in Amritsar on 21 January 1938. He initiated a trend in Punjabi theatre with his wife Dharam Kaur, who dared to act female role in his play Anjorh, staged at YMCA Hall Lahore in 1939. This paved the way for women on Punjabi stage. Singh authored 51 books in Punjabi. His well-known historical plays are
Chamkaur Di Garhi,
Punian Da Chan,
Miti Dhundh Jag Chanan Hoa,
Jafarnama,
Sarhand Di Kandh,
Hind Di Chadar,
Rani Jindan,
Kama Gata Maru and
Shubh Karman Te Kabh Hoon Na Taron. The play
Chamkaur Di Garhi was first staged on the occasion of the tercentenary birth celebration of Shri
Guru Gobind Singh at famous Sunmukh Nanda Auditorium, Bombay, in December 1966. For the last 38 years, different theatrical groups have been staging this play in India and abroad. Six of his plays have been translated into Hindi and one into Russian. About a dozen of his books have won awards. He was given the prestigious
Sahitya Academy Award in 1973 for his play
Kal Aj Te Bhalak (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow). He was honored by Punjab Govt. as Shromani Sahitkar in 1974. Besides these decorations he was honored by more than a dozen national and international institutions. The feature film
Sarbansdani Guru Gobind Singh was based on his famous play
Chamkaur Di Garhi. His historical play
Rani Jindan was performed by Punjabi Kala Kendra Chandigarh in 20 big cities of Canada and the US in 1981. Singh wrote the scripts of Bole So Nihal, (a world-famous multimedia Sight & Sound Panorama on 500 years of Sikh History, specially produced for the Birth of Khalsa celebrations,) Sher-e-Punjab (a multimedia Sight & Sound Panorama on 40 glorious years of Khalsa Raj) and Guru Maneo Granth, (another mega multi-media sight & sound panorama dedicated to the 400th centenary of the Prakash of
Sri Guru Granth Sahib). These shows have been shown in 50 cities of
Punjab and India besides in 54 major cities of the US, Canada and UK since 1999. ==List of books==