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Atma Singh

Village: Dhurial

City: Jalandhar

Atma Singh, son of Hakim Singh, V. Dhurial, District Jullundur. Went to Canada in 1912 where he worked in various saw-mills. Was in regular correspondence with Bhagat Singh Thind of Oregon (B-48), a consistent supporter of the Ghadr Party till 1917. The same year he was elected Secretary of the Guru Nanak Mining and Trust Company. In November he was working at the Cheakmoose Lumber Co., at Cheakmoose, B.C. He was a friend of the notorious Bhagwan Singh Granthi of v. Viring, district Amritsar (formerly a prominent leader of the Ghadr Party) and always a steadfast supporter even when Bhagwan Singh was unpopular. He came to India from America in December 1921 and returned in 1924. While in India he is reported to have expressed extreme views and to have been suspected of having connections with the Babbar Akalis. In 1927 he was employed in the Rat Portage Lumber Co. Mills in Vancouver and was elected Secretary of the Gurdwara Committee for that year and also for the next year and automatically became a member of the Shanghai Defence Fund Committee. His father, an uncle and several brothers are also living in America. In September 1927 he was reported to have sent a draft for Rs. 104 to the Manager of the "Kirti" of Amritsar. He returned to India early in 1933.

Description : Age 39 years (1933).