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Bishan Singh

Village: Kharaudi

City: Hoshiarpur

Bishan Singh alias Dilbagh Singh, alias Nagina Singh, alias Guizara Singh, son of Ganga Singh, V. Kharaudi, District Hoshiarpur. He spent about four years in Fiji and then proceeded to America. He was one of the subscribers to the sum of Rs. 3,000 despatched from the Pacific Coast of America to India in connection with the holding of a political Diwan in October 1928 to commemorate the death of the Babbar Akalis. He is a great friend of the well known Kapur Singh, of Kharaudi (K-14). Was reported in 1929 to be a regular quarterly subscriber to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the Kirti. In December 1930 he was reported to have arrived in Canada secretly from the United States, and it was surmised that he was carrying funds from California. In Canada he assumed the name of Guizara Singh in order not to attract the attention of the Canadian Immigration authorities. He was acting as a channel of communication between the Ghadr Party in San Francisco and Kuldip Singh (K-67) in Fiji. Returned to India from Canada by the s.s. "Talma” on 15th December 1930. According to his own statement he was at the Ghadr Ashram in San Francisco at the time when Raja Mehendra Pratap visited it early in 1930. He was also aware, and interested himself in the organisation of the Canadian Hindustani Congress. He is a regular recipient of the Ghadr literature. Owns landed property and works as a farmer at his village.

Description : Wheat complexion; medium height; age 40/45 years.