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Bir Singh

Village: Gondwal

City: Ludhiana

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.