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Dayal Singh

Village: Chakwal

City: Jhelum

Dayal Singh, son of Hari Singh, of Balkasar, P. S. Chakwal, District Jhelum. He first went to Duzdap (Persia) in 1918, and soon made himself conspicuous by taking part in anti-Govemment movements and delivering objectionable speeches in connection with the Nankana tragedy. In 1921 he was bound down in a sum ofRs. 5,000 to keep the peace for one year. Towards the end of 1922 he went to the Punjab and joined the Akali movement, and was convicted under Section 17-B ofthe C. L. A. A., and sentenced to 6 months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 300. Subsequently he returned to Duzdap and remained there till 1928 when he shifted to Quetta, where he has been running a shop in partnership with Messrs. Sobha Singh Mota Singh. He has been a regular subscriber to the Kirti since a long time, and is extremely anit-British and anti-Capitalist in his views. He visited the Karachi Congress and was noticed associating with Kirti Kisan workers.