Business career After the passing of his father Sujan Singh, the business in Delhi was taken over by his brother Sir Sobha Singh and the mass of land in West Punjab was given to Ujjal Singh. He took over the Inder Cotton Factory named after his grandfather,
Early Politics and Freedom Fighting At the young age of 22, in 1917 Ujjal Singh had participated as a representative of Sikhs during the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. Ujjal Singh first joined the
Chief Khalsa Diwan of
Sir Sundar Singh Majithia in 1919. He was elected to the
Punjab Legislative Council in (1926–36) and continued serving till 1956. He also served as the secretary of the
Khalsa National Party, which was created by
Sir Jogendra Singh in 1935 where he worked in
Sikh political and religious affairs and became a member of the first
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. His actions were well received by the Sikh spheres- by the time he became famous his cousin Mehtab Singh became the
President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the
Deputy President of Punjab Legislative Council. He supported
Jathedar Akali Baba Chet Singh Nihang's crusade for allowing the
Akali-Nihangs to keep spears and full-length swords with themselves at all times. He resigned in protest to the British not freeing Akali prisoners during the
Gurdwara Reform Movement. Later he refused to attend the
3rd Round Table Conference in protest to the
Communal Award and the British not taking the Sikh stance into consideration. He was then a part of the Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru Committee in 1944. From 1946 onwards he joined the Indian National Congress. == Post-Partition ==