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Source: Williamson, H. (1934, March 29). [Official correspondence]. Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India.

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Bachandas Sharma
Bachandas Sharma, son of Kahandas Sharma, of Kabaddi, P. S. Dehlon, District Ludhiana. Was the editor of the "Sanjhiwal"—now defunct—organ of the Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha of Bengal and was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment in 1928 for writing a seditious article. He was again convicted and sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment for having in his possession a number of unauthorised news-sheets entitled "The Challenge". Was present at a joint meeting of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha and the Punjab Youth League, held at the office of the "Swatantra" on 24th August 1931 to amalgamate the two organisations to carry on the work more effectively. In 1932 he was reported to be a prominent member of the Bengal Kirti Dal. An associate of Maha Singh of V. Kamalpur, District Ludhiana (since dead). Resides at 4, Sevakram Vaidya Lane. Calcutta, and earns a living by selling the "Desha Darpan" newspaper.

Description : Age about 26 years.

City: Ludhiana

Village: Dehlon


Ganda Singh
Ganda Singh, son of Sucha Singh, of Santawala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozepore. Migrated to China in 1914 and was employed for many years as a watchman by Diederichson and Co., Hankow. He made an anti- British speech on the occasion of the welcome to Chiang-Kai-Shek at Hankow in November 1926. Returned to India in 1926 and soon after fell into financial difficulties and became bankrupt. Returned to China after staying at his village for five or six months. In 1927 he was reported to be on the staff of the "Hindustan Ghadr Dhandora" and one of the most active leaders of the Hankow Ghadr Party. He took part in the reception to M. N. Roy, the notorious Indian Communist, on the occasion of the latter's visit to the Sikh Gurdwara in Hankow in April 1927. He was known to have been in correspondence with the "Akali-te-Pardesi" of Amritsar and the Sikh extremists in the Punjab and was noticed trying to disseminate copies of the "Ghadr Dhandora" in the Punjab during 1927 and 1928. He was one of the leaders of the Hankow group of local seditionists formed in August 1927 in opposition to Pritam Singh of Dhand Kasel (P-29). He left Hankow for Nanking on the 26th of October 1927 with Arjan Singh of Sirhali, Mangal Singh of Sursingh, and Udham Singh of Mari Megh. In November 1927 he was engaged in seditious activities in Nanking with Mahendra Pratap, Indar Singh of Tuto Majra (1-5), Narain Singh of Gandiwind (N-18), and the three other seditionists mentioned above. About 1928 or 1929 he was the Manager of the Indian Section of the Eastern Oppressed Peoples' Association at Nanking and the Indian Editor of the Association's correspondence (Ghadr Dhandora). In August 1929 a warrant was issued for his arrest. About the same time, he became a Chinese naturalized subject, and his address then was No. 3 An- Jen, Chieh, Drum Tower, Nanking. In March 1930 he held correspondence under the name of G. S. Khatil from Tauy Fery Ki, Nanking, with Mahendra Pratap regarding the degenerated state of affairs in China. In 1931 he was reported to be an active Ghadr agent. Is reported to be still abroad, probably in Hankow.

Description : Age about 39 years; height 5-7"; sallow complexion; both ear lobes bored; beard shaved; "kes" on head; squint eyed.

City: Ferozepore

Village: Santawala


Bachint Singh
Bachint Singh, son of Bhagwan Singh Mehlon, Village Paldi, P. S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. He is acting as a channel of communication between Shiv Singh of Suva, Fiji (S-49), and the Punjab Ghadrites. He is a young man of 25 years of age and is literate. He went with the third Shahidi Jatha from Anandpur to Jaiton in 1923-24. Has been working as Secretary to the local Co-operative Bank since 1927, and is a fast friend of Arjan Singh Sach of Kharaudi (A-29) whose brother Ram Singh (R-22) is in Fiji Islands.

City: Hoshiarpur

Village: Paldi


Ganda Singh
Ganda Singh, Canadian, son of Nika Singh, Jat, of Pandori Phagurian, P. S. Hariana, District Hoshiarpur. He was a "Tosha Maru" passenger and on arrival was interned and subsequently released and restricted to his village in June 1916. He was sentenced to one year’s R. I. in 1919 for sedition, under Section 124-A, I. P. C. and on release resumed his political activities. He was again convicted in 1922 under Section 17(2) of the C. L. A. Act and was released from jail in 1924. His complicity in the Anarkali Bomb Outrage, brought him another 5 years’ R. I. and a fine of Rs. 50 or in default one year's further R. I. under Sections 120-B 109. I. P. C. and Sections 3.4, (a) 4 (b), 5, 6 of the Explosive Substances Act. He was sentenced to a term of six months R. I. for offences under Sections 324, 109 and 120-B, I. P. C. the sentences to run concurrently. On an appeal to the High Court he was, however, acquitted. At an Akali Diwan in V. Chakowal 17 June 1929 he made an anti-Government speech, urging the remission of land revenue. In 1930 he was President of the District Congress Committee, Hoshiarpur, and was in correspondence with Chainchai Singh Canadian (C-3), of the Kirti Office Amritsar, regarding Master Mota Singh's (M-38) Defense Committee Fund. In the same year he was arrested in connection with his Congress activities under Section 107, C. P. C. and to refusing the option of furnishing security he was sent to jail for one year. For some time, he was in receipt of Rs. 25 per mensem from the Congress but has not received anything for the last 2 years as a result of which he is now reported to be in very straitened circumstances.

Description : Fair complexion; height 5-5"; long white loose beard with a tinge of black; "kes" on head.

City: Hoshiarpur

Village: Pandori Phagurian


Bachint Singh
Bachint Singh, son of Bhagwan Singh, Jat, of Bundala, P. S. Nurmahal, District Jullundur. He was sentenced to 9 Months' imprisonment under Section 457, of the Indian Penal Code, in 1905. Subsequently he went to Canada whence he returned by the s.s. "Tenyo Maru", and the s.s. "Australien" in December 1914. He was reported to be a dangerous leader of the Ghadr Party in the Province, and a warrant for his arrest was issued, but in the meanwhile he was arrested under Section 399, Indian Penal Code for complicity in the Kartarpur dacoity, and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. He was finally acquitted by the Chief Court in this case, but was subsequently prosecuted under Section 126 of the Railway Act, and sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment. He took part in the Akali agitation and was convicted in connection with the Guru-ka-Bagh affair in 1922. Later on he went to live in Calcutta, and in 1923 applied for a passport to Mexico for the ostensible purpose of taking up cultivation, but in view of his past record his request was not granted. He is reported, however, to have managed to get to the Argentine somehow, without a passport, and has been there for the last 7 or 8 years. He is a man of political bent of mind and is a dangerous person. He corresponds from the Argentine with his brother Bawa Singh who lives in Bundala.

Description : Fair complexion; medium build; broad nose; age about 40/ 42 years; knows Gurmukhi.

City: Jalandhar

Village: Bundala