इनका जन्म हरियाणा राज्य के [[रेवाड़ी]] शहर में एक [[यदुवंशी]] (अहीर)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=p69GMA226bgC&pg=PA19&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India|last=Yadava|first=S. D. S.|date=2006|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7062-216-1|language=en}}</ref><ref name="lnp">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=VwopAAAAYAAJ&q=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram&dq=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifl76swo7LAhUSB44KHVWcA0AQ6AEIMzAF | title=Widowed and Deserted Women in Indian Society | publisher=India. Dept. of Women and Child Development & Harnam Publications | author=R. K. Upadhyay | year=1996 | pages=71 | isbn=9788185247113 | access-date=23 जून 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032649/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=VwopAAAAYAAJ&q=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram&dq=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifl76swo7LAhUSB44KHVWcA0AQ6AEIMzAF | archive-date=5 मार्च 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> परिवार में 09 दिसम्बर 1825 को हुआ।<ref name="books.google">{{Cite journal | url = http://books.google.com/?id=Q7A_vc6TFhEC&pg=PR8&dq=rao+tula+ram+biography#v=onepage&q=rao%20tula%20ram%20biography&f=false | title = Historical Studies on Modern India | isbn = 9788176297639 | author1 = Sankhdher | first1 = B.M | date = 2006-01-01}}</ref> इनके पिता का नाम राव पूरन सिंह <ref name="GoogleBook1">{{cite book | url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YacIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Rao+tula+ram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eMwzVLnNG9D-ugS9soBI&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Rao%20tula%20ram&f=false | title=Punjab gazetteers, 1883, | publisher=Oxford University | date=1883 | accessdate=7 October 2014 | author=Punjab | pages=31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011113319/http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YacIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Rao+tula+ram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eMwzVLnNG9D-ugS9soBI&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Rao%20tula%20ram&f=false | archive-date=11 अक्तूबर 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref> तथा माता जी का नाम ज्ञान कुँवर था। इनके दादा का नाम राव तेज सिंह था।<ref name="GoogleBook1"/>
