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Attar Singh

Village: Dhaku

City: Jhelum

Attar Singh, son of Hira Nand, Khatri, of Dhaku, P. S. Chakwal, District Jhelum. Left the 35th Sikhs in 1913 after 11 years service. Accompanied Randhir Singh (B-29). Was present at the Gujarwal secret meeting and joined the armed band to attack Ferozepore. A minor persoage. Was sent for trial in the Supplementary Lahore Conspiracy Case, and sentenced to transportation for life but recommended for mercy. The sentence was reduced to 10 years. After his release he worked as a hawker in Peshawar and Ludhiana where his brother Kahan Singh used to be a teacher in the Arya School. Attar Singh joined the Akali movement ever since it inception. After the Akali movement had ended he left Chakwal for Amritsar or some other place with his wife and returned to Chakwal in 1929 since when he has been working as a Granthi of the Bhai Shataha Singh's Gurdwara there. Has not taken any active part in political affairs. Owns no landed property and has no associates and seldom leaves the Gurdwara. Is known to be a man of revolutionary ideas.

Description : Wheat complexion; pock-pitted face; height 5'-7"; dresses in khaddar and wears black turban.