Asa Singh, son of Uttam Singh, of Kharaudi, P. S. Mahiipur, District Hoshiarpur. He went to America in 1905, where he became a member of the Ghadr Party, and spent 6% years there. He returned to India in March 1913, and was concerned in the outrage committed by Ghaniya Singh in the Patiala State. He returned to America in 1915. At the end of 1921 he was reported to have paid a visit to the Ghadr Ashram, San Francisco, from the Imperial Valley for discussing the question of the rights of East Indians to the U.S. citizenship. Early in 1922 he was in the Imperial Valley, and reported to be a close adherent of the Ghadr Party. In August of the same year he was elected a member of the General Ghadr Committee for publishing the "Ghadr" newspaper. In 1926 his name appeared as one of the Hindu Advisory Committee on Sailendra Nath Ghose's Indian Freedom Foundation of New York. He was then working at Clint in Texas. He is reported to be deeply interested in the Kirti movement and wrote to Arjan Singh of Kharaudi (A-29) to help the cause. In 1930 when in the Imperial Valley he is believed to have sheltered Rattan Singh alias Ishar Singh (R-36) who had arrived from Europe to see the Ghadr Party leaders. His address in July 1932 was P. O. H. 55, Clint, Texas. His present address is Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., U. S. A.