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

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Ganda Singh
Ganda Singh, son of Bhulla Singh, Village Paldi. District Hoshiarpur. He was nominated to the Executive Committee of the proposed Canadian Branch of the Indian National Congress at a meeting held in Vancouver in November 1928. In September 1929 he contributed $100 to the Ghadar Party funds. He has three brothers in British Columbia, Maya Singh (M- 23) of the Marq Lumber Company, Ganga Singh and Nand Singh both of who are also engaged in the lumber business.

City: Hoshiarpur

Village: Paldi


Bachint Singh
Bachint Singh, alias Raja, son of Sundar Singh, of Rurka Kalan, P. S. Phillaur, District Jullundur. Returned to India from California by the s.s. "Australien" in December 1914. Was reported by his village headman to be a dangerous revolutionary and consequently he was arrested and interned on 27th January 1915, but was subsequently released in June 1916 and restricted to his village. Styling himself Raja, he organised a big political Diwan at his village on 4/5th December 1920 under his presidentship to propagate non-co-operation among the Sikhs and delivered a speech advocating violence. He spoke at several Diwans, and was convicted under Section 395, Indian Penal Code, and sentenced to five years and two months' rigorous imprisonment, but was acquitted on appeal. He came to clashes with the Police at a Diwan held at Jhanda Ji, District Jullundur in 1922, and absconded, but was eventually arrested and convicted under Sections 151 and 353, Indian Penal Code and sentenced to 3 months rigorous imprisonment. He was again sent to jail for one year in 1923 in default of furnishing security under Section 108, Criminal Procedure Code. In the following year he distinguished himself by making a defamatory speech against the A. D. M. and Tahsildar of Hoshiarpur and was sentenced to 15 months' rigorous imprisonment. After his release in October 1925, he came to blows with one Kartar Singh of his village, at a Diwan held in Dhuleta. District Jullundur in May 1926, and was arrested along with some other persons. He presided over a meeting of the Kirti Kisan Party held on the 16/17th March 1929 in his village. Later on he took part in a riot which occurred at a meeting held in September 1929 at Nakodar, and absconded, but was eventually arrested, and subsequently released. He again had another conviction under Sections 504/506, Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to 5 months' imprisonment. In 1930 and 1931 he took a prominent part in the celebrations and public meetings in connection with the release of political prisoners, execution of Bhagat Singh (murderer of a Police officer in India), and the celebration of 'Peshawar Day,' and was prominent at all public meetings in his village. He was sentenced on 25th January 1932 to 5 months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fme of Rs. 200 in a case under Section 452 Indian Penal Code, with orders to execute the bond of the said sum for good behaviour for 2 years after release. He is at present in Rurka Kalan, and is in correspondence with one Labh Singh, son of Wazir Singh of his village, who is now in Canada. He is a highly seditious person who would not let any opportunity pass for inciting hatred against the British Government. His associates include Karam Singh (K-20), Bhag Singh (B-47) and other returned emigrants. Description : Wheat complexion; round face; black and white beard; tall stature; strong build; age about 40/45 years.

City: Jalandhar

Village: Rurka Kalan


Ganesh Das
Ganesh Das, son of Sarda Ram, Brahmin, of Sri Gobindpur, District Gurdaspur. He went to Mesort in Siam where he set up a shop and frequently journeyed between this place and Mayawaddy in Burma. He was in close communication with the returned emigrants who had collected on the Burma frontier under Chalia Ram of V. Sahnewal, D. Ludhiana (hanged in the Burma Conspiracy Case) and was an agent between Burma and Siam for them. He was arrested on 18th June 1915 at Mayawaddy and repatriated to the Punjab. He was restricted to his village in 1917 and placed on security. The restrictions were removed in February 1918. He entertains political views and in 1930 and served refreshments to a Congress Jatha. He does not possess any land but earns his living by selling milk.

Description : Age 32 years; wheat complexion; height 5-6"; one-eyed.

City: Gurdaspur

Village: Gobindpur


Bachint Singh
Bachint Singh, son of Hira Singh, of Village Nangal Khurd, District Ludhiana. A suspected Ghadrite who is reported to have arrived in Calcutta towards the end of December 1932 from Seattle having been deputed by the California Party to confer with Kapur Singh Birdi (K-16) on some secret and urgent mission. He is said to have worked previously in the Ford Co., at Detroit. He stayed with Kapur Singh for some time and then moved to Haldwani, Naini Tai, where he now runs a dynamo repairing shop with another Sikh named Gurbakhsh Singh.

City: Ludhiana

Village: Nangal Khurd


Bachittar Singh
Bachittar Singh, son of Ganda Singh, Village Nathuwal, P. S. Raikot, District Ludhiana. He was employed as a watchman in Jardine's Cotton Mills in Shanghai from 1917-20. He then went to Hong Kong, Macao, and Canton where he associated with anti-British elements in the strike and boycott movement of 1925. In June 1927 he was reported to be in 23 [B-15 regular receipt of Ghadr literature from Hankow and America and to be associated with a small group of disaffected Sikh watchmen who held weekly meetings at which seditious leaflets from Hankow and America were read. He left Hong Kong for Calcutta on 2nd February 1928 by the s.s. "Namsang". Arrived at Calcutta on 17th February 1928 and proceeded to his village. Later went to Amritsar where he filed a declaration as Editor, Printer and Publisher of the Kirti magazine in October 1929. After his declaration was accepted, he suddenly disappeared, but in January 1930 was traced in Ludhiana. For his connection with the Kirti magazine he was sent up for trial and sentenced to 9 months' rigorous imprisonment under Section 124-A, Indian Penal Code on 19th May 1930. On his release he went to Nathuwal and stayed there for a few months. Attended a "Desh Bhagat Mela" held at Acharwal, P. S. Raikot, District Ludhiana on 6th April 1931 at which he made a speech in support of a resolution urging the release of the prisoners in the Ahmadgarh Dacoity Case and in the Lahore Conspiracy Case of 1914-15. Is reported to have abducted a woman in 1932 and to have disappeared. Was later traced in Calcutta where he went to attend the last session of the Calcutta Congress as a delegate from the Punjab. He remained in Calcutta and lived there with Gopal Singh American (G-26) at 7/1 A, Hazra Road, Bhowanipur. Was a constant visitor at the Jagat Sudhar Gurdwara in which he worked as a clerk for some time. At one of the Diwans held at the said Gurdwara he complained of having been belaboured by the Police with lathis while attending the session of the banned Congress in Calcutta in 1933. Left Calcutta about September 1933 and his present where abouts are unknown. Holds extreme political views and is reported to be a partisan of Baba Gurdit Singh (G-46). Owns landed property at the village.

Description : Wheat complexion; round face; height 5-7"; age about 30 years; one tooth of upper jaw gold plated.

City: Ludhiana

Village: Nathuwal