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.