Mr Kashmiri Lal was born on 27th August 1905 in the beautiful surroundings of Srinagar in Kashmir. He was destined to be the pilot of two famous educational institutions in Kenya. He was educated at Siri Ranbir High School and Prince of Wales College, Jammu, where he took his degree in English and Mathematics in 1927. He migrated to Kenya in 1928 and worked as a Stores Clerk with Kenya Uganda Railways.

His career with the Education Department commenced when he took up the post of a Senior Mathematics teacher at Allidina Visram High School, Mombasa in 1929. He held this post until 1945 when he was entrusted the headship of the same school. In 1947, he was awarded a scholarship to the UK to take a year's course at the London Institute – a Diploma in English Thought and Practice! He remained in the UK for a further 6 months studying secondary education in the UK.

Mr Kashmiri Lal came to Racecourse Secondary School (which later became Eastleigh Secondary School) as Principal in June 1955 and retired in 1960. His unassuming manner and affable nature won him many admirers.