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Basant Singh

Village: Jain

City: Hoshiarpur

Basant Singh, son of Sundar Singh, Village Jain (or Jian), District Hoshiarpur. He first went to Vancouver in 1906 but returned to India in 1913 and left again for America in 1915. There was no complaint against him while he was at his village except that he associated with Piara Singh of Langeri (P-25). Early in 1922 he was reported to be residing in Loomis, to be a prominent Ramchandra supporter and a close adherent of the Ghadr Party. He seems to have been an active member of the Ghadr Party all along and was reported to be so till last year.