Chainchai Singh, son of Attar Singh of Jandiala, P. S. Nurmahal, District Jullundur. He went to America in 1912 where he worked as a labourer and became a member of the Ghadr Party. He. returned to India by the s.s. "Tosha Maru", in 1914, and on arrival at Calcutta was arrested and interned in the Multan Central Jail. He was released in June 1916 and restricted to his village. He took part in the agitation of April 1919, by subscribing to disloyal newspapers and endeavoured to poison the minds of the people by disseminating their contents. He was released from restrictions under the Royal Amnesty in January 1920. In 1921 he came to prominence as a non-co-operator, and assisted Dr. Kitchlew in collecting subscriptions for the Amritsar Swaraj Ashram, and recited several objectionable poems at Sikh Diwans and Congress meetings. He also assisted the notorious Hari Singh in starting the Desh Sewak Book Agency of Jullundur, which is one of the principal means of communication between disaffected. Sikhs in America and their friends in India. At the end of 1921 he was prosecuted under Sections 302/120, Indian Penal Code and 19 and 20 of the Arms Act for conspiring with Kishen Singh of Biring and the notorious Master Mota Singh (M-38) to assassinate Sundar Singh Majitha and certain Government officials in revenge for their alleged persecution of the Sikhs, but was discharged for 49 [C-4—5 want of sufficient evidence. He was again prosecuted under Section 110, Criminal Procedure Code and sent to jail in default of furnishing security. In July 1923 he was elected a member of the Doaba Rakshak Committee, formed to assist the families of the imprisoned members of the Akali gangs. He also interested himself in the Nabha agitation. At the end of 1923 a warrant under Section 107, Criminal Procedure Code was issued against him but he absconded and took refuge in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee's Office. He worked for some time on the staff of the "Hindustan Times" of Delhi which was then owned by the S. G. P. C. In 1927 he directed his efforts towards the propagation of the Nabha cause, and assisted the Desh Bhagat Qaidi Parwar Sahaik Committee. (Committee for the relief of families of political prisoners) in distributing funds to the families of political prisoners. In 1928 and 1929 he attended the secret meetings of the Kirti Party, and in 1929 took over the managership of the "Kirti" from Bhai Balwant Singh when the latter was alleged to have misappropriated funds from abroad. He took a leading part in the Civil Disobedience movement of 1930 and at a meeting held in March 1931 he delivered a speech condemning the action of the Government in executing Bhagat Singh, murderer of a Police Officer in India. His associates include Master Mota Singh, Bhag Singh, Canadian (B-47) and other returned emigrants.

Description : Age about 50 years; height 5'-10"; wheat complexion; large eyes; round face; a black mole on the right cheek and a boil mark on the right eye-brow; knows Gurmukhi.