Back to Directory

Fazal Din

Village: Chuga Kalan

City: Ferozepore

Fazal Din, son of Ghaus Mohammad, Kumhar, Village Chuga Kalan, P. S. Dharmkot, District Ferozepore. Went to the U. S. A. in 1907. He was in Brawley, U. S. A. about 1916 and was reported to be an educated man who lectured frequently for the Ghadar cause. He was present at the Ashram on the occasion of the celebration of the third Anniversary of the Ghadar Press. He was then on Ramchandra's mailing list. He also contributed $25 to the fund raised by Ram Chandra’s lieutenants. In 1919 he was reported to have joined Bhagwan Singh's ranks. In May of that year he visited Stockton and tried to enlist Mohammedan support for the Sikh Ghadar regime, but apparently with little success, and returned to Brawley after a month and took up farming. In December he attended the Ghadar meeting convened by Bhagwan Singh of v. Viring, d. Amritsar (formerly a leader of the Ghadar Party) in Brawley, being one of the few Mohammedans present. He was elected to the local district Committee of the Ghadar Party. His name figured as one of the Advisory Board of the F.F.I. in New York and in March 1920 he was chosen as a member of the General Committee of the Ghadar Party. About 1923 he was said to have been elected to serve on the Comrade Educational Committee, Brawley, which was to work in conjunction with the Malwa Sudharak Committee. At a meeting of the Ghadar Party at Sacramento in December 1923 he emphasized that the two parties should commence to work in a united manner. He returned to India on 18th May 1924. He was then reported by the local Police to be of a good character and to be holding no political views. In 1928 he went to Panama, where he soon assumed the role of a Ghadrite. In March 1932 he was said to be working in the Hindi Supply Company, which was partially owned by the Ghadr Party, and to be working as,one of the Secretaries of the Panama Branch of the Ghadr Party. In September 1932 he applied for passport facilities to return to India via France and Italy. It was reported that the Ghadr Party intended to send him to India via Marseilles in order that he might meet Teja Singh Sutantar, (T-8). The British Consular authorities were prepared to issue a passport of restricted validity which he declined to accept. He is at present in Panama and it is possible that he may attempt to come to India without a passport.

Description : Height 5'-9"; grey hair; black moustache; small pox marks; speaks English well.