Amar Singh, son of Nihal Singh, Jat, of Village Raniwala, P. S. Sirhali, District Amritsar. He was a shopkeeper at Tobang Tingi, Sumatra, and was reported to be an active and dangerous member of the Ghadr Party and an importer of the "Ghadr” paper. On his return to India by the s.s. "Ekma" in July 1915, he was interned and subsequently restricted to his village on security. He was again interned in April 1916 under the orders of the Government of India and was eventually released. In 1918 he applied for a passport to enable him to proceed to Deli Sumatra. As the Sumatra authorities did not raise any objection to his return, he was asked in 1919 to apply for a passport in the usual way. At present he is living in Deli Sumatra where he has a milk shop. Amar Singh holds Akali views and is said to be a fiery speaker. Owns landed property.

Description : Age 60 years; wheat complextion; small eyes; white beard; medium height; knows little Gurmukhi.

Amar Singh, Mehra, alias A. S. Mehra, District Amritsar. In 1929 he was reported to be a regular quarterly subscriber to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the Kirti fund. In 1930 he was the Manager of the Hindustani Trading Company. Early in January 1931 he wrote a letter to Ishar Singh alias Rattan Singh (R-36) in Kabul regarding certain merchandise, and stating that "they” could not do anything in Afghanistan without him. In 1933 he was still in charge of a store in Marysville, California. Has not been traced by the local Police.

Amar Singh, son of Paia Singh, of Zindpur. P. S. Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. A taxi driver and Kirti Kisan worker at Calcutta. Was arrested on 30th April 1933 near the Race Course in connection with the find of a revolver which he brought to the place for sale, but having possibly got scent of the Police, he deposited it near a post of the railings of the Race Course. Used to live at 76, Hazra Road, Calcutta.

Amar Singh, son of Dewa Singh, of Ganeshpur. P. S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. A Kirti Kisan worker in Bengal. Was arrested along with 4 others in connection with the find of bombs at 6, Ganga Prasad Mukherjee Road, Calcutta, in February 1933 and on 20th May 1933 was convicted and sentenced to 4 years' R.I. under Section 4 (b) and 2 years' imprisonment under Section 5 of the Explosives Substances Act, both the sentences to run concurrently. Is an associate of Bhagat Singh (B-50).

Amar Singh, son of Uttam Singh, Rajput, of Nawanshahr, P. S. Rahon, District Jullundur. A former worker on the staff of the "Ghadr" paper and an important member of the Ghadr Party. He was an intimate friend 9 [A-20—21. of Jawala Singh (J-19) and Jagat Ram (J-2). While in America he used to visit Jawala Singh's farm to practise bomb-making. He was one of the "Korea" and "Tosha Mara" passengers in August-October 1914 and was elected a member of the Central Committee which was formed by the passengers at Hong Kong. He was entrusted with the special work of the dissemination of seditious literature. On arrival in India he was not arrested as he stated that he had come from Panang. Amar Singh and Pirthi Singh were stated to have owned four of the revolvers that were found in the doctor's cabin on board the "Tosha Mara". On several occasions he met Kartar Singh of Saraba (hanged), and Nawab Khan of Halwara (formerly of the Ghadr Party) in the course of their wanderings in the Punjab, in an attempt to recruit men for the commission of dacoities. He was arrested in February 1915 at Lahore. Was made an approver in the Lahore Conspiracy Case and made a valuable statement, though unwillingly. In spite of giving evidence at the trial, he remained as anti-British as he was ever before. He was restricted to his village, and later to his district, but was finally set free on the 18th February 1919. In August of the same year he applied for a passport to Australia, but was discouraged from proceeding abroad. In October 1919 he was granted a passport to New Zealand, but does not seem to have gone abroad. Has been running a flour mill in Nawanshahr since 1923 and is said to have taken part in the Congress movement but is reported to be quiet at present. Owns landed property.

Description : Age 45 years; wheat complexion; medium height; stout build; broad face slightly pock-pitted; squint eyed; defective eyesight.