Charan Singh, alias Carmen Singh, alias Sham Singh, son of Hamir Singh, of Langeri, District Hoshiarpur. Enlisted in the 76th Infantry in 1907 and went to Tientsin. Was discharged in 1912 and then went to Manila whence to U.S.A, in March 1913. Was reported to have been a member of the Ghadr Party in 1916. In 1915 he sent from Oceanside a revolutionary letter (intended for one Gurbachan Singh) to Babu Singh, son of Butta Singh, Police Station Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. He sailed for India from San Francisco on 31st March 1921 by the s.s. "China" and was said to be carrying verbal messages, suspected to be those relating to the smuggling of arms into India, from the Ghadr Party and to be under instructions to see Piara Singh (p-25). He became a have associated with Bhai Santokh Singh, the deceased Editor of the '’Kirti". He obtained a passport at Karachi on the 8th June 1926 under the name of Sham Singh, reached Genoa on 2nd August 1926 and left for San Salvador whence he intended entering California surreptitiously, to carry on revolutionary propaganda there. He was arrested by the U.S. immigration authorities on a charge of illegal entry, and deported to India from San Francisco on 23rd July 1927 via Japan and Hong Kong. On arrival at Karachi he was prosecuted under Sections 182 (a) and 420 Indian Penal Code and convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 200. In 1928 he was reported to have settled in Karachi permanently, and to have had no intention of proceeding abroad. He was working in a tile factory owned by Jagat Singh Bishan Singh and situated near Gandhi Municipal Gardens, Karachi. Worked in the factory for 6 months and subsequently picking up a quarrel with his fellow workmen, left Karachi with his family and has not been heard of since

Description : (In 1921) Age 46 years; dark-brown eyes; black hair; height 5-5"; scars near left elbow; photo on record.