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Bujha Singh

Village: Shanker

City: Jalandhar

Bujha Singh, son of Dit, Jat, V. Shanker, P. S. Nakodar, District Jullundur. Went to America about 1907-08. In 1924 he was elected to the Sikh Temple Stockton, California. He was suspected of helping Bawa Singh, alias Hazara Singh, son of Maya Singh, of village Shanker, district Jullundur, and was reported to have put up the bond for the latter when he was arrested for deportation in 1927. In 1930 he was elected a member of the Stockton Committee of the Ghadr Party and two years later he collected subscriptions for the appeal of Bhagat Singh of Shanker (B-52), the murderer of Babu Lal Menrow. His address at that time was P. O. Box 651, Marysville, California. He is now reported to be the owner or a P.O. Box No. 72, Walnut Grove, California, and the foreman of a ranch near Courtland where Bawa Singh, alias Hazara Singh, was arrested.

Description : Age 50 years; average height; sallow complexion; fat.