Kanvar Nau Nihal Singh was the son of Maharani Chand Kaur and Maharaja Kharak Singh, himself the eldest son and heir of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Sher-e-Panjab and a grandson of Maharani Datar Kaur of the NakaiMisl. He planned to build four towers for the beautification of Tarn Taran Sarover. He only managed to complete one at the north-eastern corner and the other three were not constructed because of the death of Nihal Singh and also because of the two Anglo-Sikh wars (1845-1849). The tower is 34 meter in height and has three-storey. The dome was added later on after the death of Kanvar Nau Nihal Singh.