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Atma Singh

Village: Raipur

City: Ludhiana

Atma Singh, alias Parmatma Singh, son of Gurdit Singh, of Village Raipur, P. S. Dehlon, District Ludhiana. He studied up to the B.A. and then went to America in 1922. On his return in 1927 he started a motor Corporation in Calcutta in partnership with Nidhan Singh of Takhanwad, district Ferozepore, and Kapur Singh Birdi (K-16). In 1928 he was reported to have been offered the Presidentship of the Bengal Kirti Dal but to have refused it. He had not come to notice adversely in his home district till 1928 but in January 1933 he was reported to be an important member of the Ghadr Party and to be in close touch with Kapur Singh Birdi. Lives at 17/1, Ahiripukar Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta.