Vijay Singh Pathik was born in 1882 in Guthawali village of Bulandshahar district to Hamir Singh and Kamal Kunwari in a Gurjar family . His father Hamir singh took active part in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and got arrested many times. The name of his grand father was Inder Singh, who was Prime Minister (Diwan) of Malagarh principality (Riyasat) who was killed while fighting against the British. His birth name was Bhup singh, but he changed it to "Vijay Singh Pathik" after being implicated in the Lahore Conspiracy Case in 1915.