Bishan Singh, son of Likal Singh, of Nathowal, P. S. Raikot, District
Ludhiana. He was a member of the party which left America by the s.s.
"Korea". Along with other passenger he was transhipped to the "Tosha
Maru" and was chosen to be a member of Nawab Khan's special band. He
was interned and was the first to be released but restricted to his village in
1916. The restrictions were removed in February 1919. About the middle
of 1919 he was taken to the Malay States for enlistment in the Police but
was rejected on Account of his past history and consequently he returned
to Calcutta in September 1919. He was granted a passport by the Bengal
Government through an oversight, and he proceeded to China but his
presence there was considered undesirable and he was deported to India
in 1921. He lived at his village for a time and subsequently found his way
to America and Mexico. A report was received in August 1923 that two
men named Bishan Singh and Bakhshish Singh "whom the Ghadr Party
sent to India in 1914" had returned to Mexico. In 1931 he was reported to
be serving a three years sentence in the Oregon State Ponetentiary for
attempting to shoot some Indians with whom he had quarrelled. His photo
and finger-prints are on record. He was released on parole at the end of
1931 and is at present reported to be working as a labourer in America,
and to be an associate of Narain Singh of his village.
Description : Sallow complexion; flat face; height 5'-8"; age 45 years.