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Bir Singh

Village: Malian

City: Amritsar

Bir Singh, Village Malian, District Amritsar. Early in 1922 he was reported to be a close adherent of the Ghadr Party in America. At a meeting of the Ghadr Party held at Stockton on 24th December 1922 he delivered a powerful speech saying that Indians in America should work in conjunction with the policies of the Indian National Congress and also follow the example of the Akalis in India but adding that the word "Ghadr" should not be used to signify the revolutionary movement. The following year he was a member of the Committee of the United India League of America. He appears to be identical with Bir Singh of Mali, District Amritsar, who was reported in 1929 to be a regular quarterly subscriber to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the Kirti fund. Bir Singh of Mali has not been traced by the local police.