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Chattar Singh

Village: Dholan

City: Ludhiana

Chattar Singh, son of Mehar Singh, Rajput, of Dholan, Police Station Jagraon, District Ludhiana. Went to Calcutta in 1927, and was infected with revolutionary ideas by Munsha Singh Dukhi (M-54). Seems to have been one of the founders of the Nau Jawan Bharat Sabha of Bengal in 1928. In the following years he took an active interest in the activities of the above mentioned Sabha, and was reported in August 1931 to be an employee of the Kavi Press, and to have closely associated with Maha Singh of village Kamalpur, district Ludhiana (since dead) and his gang in an attempt to commit dacoity for which they were collecting arms from Bharatpur and elsewhere. He was convicted to six months’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 19 of Arms Act in 1931 for having in his possession unlicensed firearms at Tollygunge, Calcutta, Bengal. On release he went home. Returned to Calcutta early in May 1933. He is a member of the Nau Jawan Bharat Sabha of Bengal, and a close associate of the extemees Maha Singh, and Prem Singh Prem (P-28). Lives at 11, Sankaripara Road, Calcutta.

Description : Age about 23 years.