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Ajmer Singh

City: Hoshiarpur

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Ajmer Singh, alias Ajmer Singh Bains, son of Hamam Singh, Jat, of Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. He went to America in 1911, and was a permanent subscriber to the Ghadr Party. He was a friend and associate of Umrao Singh (U-10). He was deputed by the Khalsa Diwan party, to work in the Ghadr press, but he did not take it up. He was an enemy of the late Ramchandra of Peshawar. In 1926 he was the Secretary of the Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan and in the following year was reported to have collected funds in America for Kirti propaganda. In 1929 he was reported to be a regular quarterly subscriber to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the Kirti fund. He addressed a meeting at Stockton on 16th January 1932 at which speeches were also made by Nidhan Singh (N-39) the President, and Joga Singh (J-31), the Secretary. Is still in America, and is Secretary of the Sikh Temple at Stockton.