Bir Singh, son of Sundar Singh, of Gondwal, P. S. Raikot, District
Ludhiana. Was reported to be an Akali agitator and to have associated
with disaffected deportees at his village. Thereafter he went to Calcutta
where he took up the profession of a bus driver and became a member of
the Communist Party. A member of the Kirti Dal and N. J. B. Sabha,
Calcutta, known as 'Samyaraj Party’. Was for some time the editor of the
now defunct Gurmukhi Weekly "Sanjiwal". Is reported to have
contributed towards the funds for the defence of the Meerut Conspiracy
Case prisoners. Was convicted in 1931 for non-payment of a fine imposed
on him under the Motor Vehicles Act. Was convicted under Sec. 124.A,
Indian Penal Code, for delivering seditious speeches at the Jagat Sudhar
Gurdwara at 10, Rash Behari Avenue, and sentenced to two years'
rigorous imprisonment in 1932.
Description : Age about 35 years.