 In 1862, Dewan Banna Mal built the Shivala Banna Mal temple near the Municipal Committee office in Nawanshahr.He also built the tall and huge structure Haveli Banna Mal Di Haveli in Vaidan Mohalla in Nawanshahr.His son, Dewan Acchru Mal served as Revenue Minister of Kapurthala State at the time of Maharaja Kharak Singh and Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala.