Gainda Singh, son of Narain Singh, Jat, V. Sirhali Kalan, P. S. Mahilpur, Tehsil Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. He is reported to have left his home for America when only a boy of fifteen years. While there, he joined the Ghadar Party, and in 1925 was selected one of the seven Sikhs headed by Mahendra Pratap, who left America on an anti-British mission to Tibet. The party left San Francisco on 28th April 1925, and meeting Rash Behari Bose on the way they reached Peking on 28th June 1925. After the failure of the mission Gainda Singh arrived in Shanghai from Tientsin on 24th March 1927 and took up work at the Chinese Communists Headquarters at Chapei with Gajjan Singh (G-3). He attended all the seditious meetings of the local Sikhs, and joined Dasaundha Singh (D-16) and Gajjan Singh in fomenting disloyalty among the Indian troops stationed at Shanghai, and in distributing leaflets of the 'Ghadar Dhandora', a revolutionary newspaper, among them. Suspected of complicity in the conspiracy to murder Inspector Budha Singh and in consequence of his seditious activities was arrested on the 5th of May 1927 along with Dasaundha Singh and Gajjan Singh, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment to be followed by deportation. He was deported to India on 3rd March 1928, and on arrival was interned, but was subsequently released about 1929. Secretly contributed articles to the 'Kirti' and sent money to the prisoners in the Meerut Conspiracy Case in 1929. Was elected President of the local Congress Committee in 1930. Is present at his village. Holds strong political views. Was convicted and sentenced to 1 year's R. I. under Section 107/108 C. P. C. on 21st July 1930 for participating in the Congress movement. Owns landed property. Associates with a number of Ghadarites including Dasaundha Singh, Bhag Singh of Uppal Bhupa (B-47) and Karam Singh of Chiman Kalan (K-20).

Description : Age 50/55 years; sallow complexion; height 5-6^"; upper teeth gold plated.