Sher Singh Bahadur is the father of Sher Singh in the story "Journey by the Night" by Norah Burke". He was a hunter, he use to kill animals for a living. For this reason they used to stay close to the Jungle. He was very popular in his area for killing wild animals but his income is meagre. Sher Singh Bahadur tried his best to take care and raise his family well. He was a good, doting father who loved his children andhis family.
His family got affected because of the job he has chosen. He used to stay outside most of the time. They had very poor lifestyle and they live in poverty. Because of their financial poverty many of their children died due to stomach ache and other digestion related or malnutrition problem.