Balmokand Shidar, Pandit, son of Munshi Ram of Village Sakruli. P. S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. He left India about 1908 for America 27 [B-27—28. with his brother Ganga Ram. He was Secertary and Treasurer of the Canada India Supply and Trust Company. About the end of 1916 he was reported to be one of the leaders among the Mona Sikhs on the West Coast. Subsequently he was a member of the United India Home Rule League of Canada and the Canadian American Press Society of the Doaba. In 1927 he was reported to be a member of the Ghadr Party in America and one of a committee which presented a petition to Lord Wiliingdon claiming full rights of citizenship and in 1929 to have contributed funds for the smuggling of arms into India. In 1931 he spent a week at the Ghadr Ashram holding consultations with Ghadr officials, and prior to his departure for India assured his brethren that he would do his best for the cause. He arrived in Calcutta by the s.s. "Sui Sang" on the 9th December 1931, but returned to Canada again after a few months leaving India on the 27th March 1932. In July 1932 he is reported to have stated that as a result of his conversations with the Ghadr officials and of his visit to India he was convinced of the fact that India’s freedom lay in revolution and the disappearance of religion. His present address in c/o Kapur Mill, Sooke Lake, British Columbia.

Description : Round face; thick whiskers; blue eyes; black and white hair; bom on 5th April 1890; fair complexion; height 5'-6".