Feroze-ud-Din Mansur, son of Muhammad Bakhsh, tailor, of
Sheikhupura, Punjab. Migrated to Afghanistan during the Hijrat
movement in the Spring of 1920. Joined M. N. Roy’s school at Tashkent
for training in Bolshevik propaganda. Was later sent to Moscow for
further training. While on his way to India via Pamir-Chitral route, with
some other Soviet emissaries, he was arrested by the Frontier Police and
sent to Peshawar, where he was convicted under Section 121-A, I. P. C.,
and sentenced to one year’s R. I. in May 1923. On release in April 1924
he joined Homiman's Indian National Herald at Bombay and was
believed to have associated with prominent members of the Communist
Party of India. In December 1927 he was reported to have been deputed
by his Communist friends to work on the staff of the "Desh Bhagat"
newspaper of Meerut, but he soon abandoned it for political reasons. Was
closely associated with Abdul Majid, alias M. A. Majid, of Lahore (A-2)
and was stated to have been appointed a clerk in the office of the "Partap”
newspaper of Lahore in April 1928. Subsequently he went to Delhi and
joined the staff of the now defunct "Daily Congress" newspaper. Later
went to Amritsar in December 1928 and took up work with Sohan Singh
"Josh" (S-54) on the staff of the "Urdu Kirti". Was elected Secretary of
the Nau Jawan Bharat Sabha, Amritsar, in January 1929, and later a
member of the Working Committee of the Punjab Provincial Sabha.
Contributed an article headed "Some golden leaves of the Russian
Revolution" to the "Urdu Kirti" in which he exhorted the peasants and
laborers to fight against Capitalism. Took a prominent part in the
activities of the Nau Jawan Bharat Sabha, and was consequently
convicted under the C. L. A. A. After his release in November 1930, he
took an active part in starting a political school at Amritsar known as the
Rajsi Widya Parcharak Asharam, which was later declared an unlawful
body. Was again arrested in January 1931 in connection with his activities
as Principal of the above Ashram. Participated in the "Anti-Empire Day
Celebrations" in May 1931. Presided over the District Nau Jawan Bharat
Conference. Gurdaspur, on 30th May 1931. Was elected a member of the
Working Committee of the Provincial Kirti Kisan Party in July 1931.
Took part in the agitation connected with the Bankteshawar Mills Strike,
and was arrested under Sections 117/341,1. P. C. on 30th November 1931
for organizing picketing at the Mill, and was sentenced to one month’s
S. I. Was one of the organizers of the Workers’ Home, Lahore, of which
he became a lecturer in February 1932. Delivered lectures stressing the
virtues of Socialism and supplied proscribed books to the students. Was served with an order under Section 4 (1) of the Emergency Powers
Ordinance at Amritsar on 15th February 1932. In July 1932 Mansur’s
publications entitled "What Young India stands for" in English,
"Mustaqbile-Sayasat-Hind" (Future Politics of India) and "Yunhi Hoga"
(It must be so) in vernacular came to notice. On 23rd July 1932 he was
served with an order under Section 4 (1) of the Special Powers
Ordinance. Was on the list of general members of the Rajhshi Qaidi
Chhurao Committee formed at the end of 1932 to secuie the release of
political prisoners. Owing to his differences with the Kirti Kisan Party
headed by Santa Singh of Gandiwind (S-18), he organized another body
called the "League against Imperialism" in April 1933.
Description : Age 30/31 years; height 5’-6!6"; wheat complexion; a mark
on the right cheek.