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Feroze-ud-Din Mansur

Village: Sheikhupura

City: Sheikhupura

Feroze-ud-Din Mansur, son of Muhammad Bakhsh, tailor, of Sheikhupura, Punjab. Migrated to Afghanistan during the Hijrat movement in the Spring of 1920. Joined M. N. Roy’s school at Tashkent for training in Bolshevik propaganda. Was later sent to Moscow for further training. While on his way to India via Pamir-Chitral route, with some other Soviet emissaries, he was arrested by the Frontier Police and sent to Peshawar, where he was convicted under Section 121-A, I. P. C., and sentenced to one year’s R. I. in May 1923. On release in April 1924 he joined Homiman's Indian National Herald at Bombay and was believed to have associated with prominent members of the Communist Party ofIndia. In December 1927 he was reported to have been deputed by his Communist friends to work on the staff of the "Desh Bhagat" newspaper ofMeerut, but he soon abandoned it for political reasons. Was closely associated with Abdul Majid, alias M. A. Majid, of Lahore (A-2) and was stated to have been appointed a clerk in the office ofthe "Partap” newspaper of Lahore in April 1928. Subsequently he went to Delhi and joined the staff of the now defunct "Daily Congress" newspaper. Later went to Amritsar in December 1928 and took up work with Sohan Singh "Josh" (S-54) on the staff of the "Urdu Kirti". Was elected Secretary of the Nau Jawan Bharat Sabha, Amritsar, in January 1929, and later a member of the Working Committee of the Punjab Provincial Sabha. Contributed an article headed "Some golden leaves of the Russian Revolution" to the "Urdu Kirti" in which he exhorted the peasants and labourers to fight against Capitalism. Took a prominent part in the activities of the Nau Jawan Bharat Sabha, and was consequently convicted under the C. L. A. A. After his release in November 1930, he took an active part in starting a political school at Amritsar known as the Rajsi Widya Parcharak Asharam, which was later declared an unlawful body. Was again arrested in January 1931 in connection with his activities as Principal ofthe above Ashram. Participated in the "Anti-Empire Day Celebrations" in May 1931. Presided over the District Nau Jawan Bharat Conference. Gurdaspur, on 30th May 1931. Was elected a member ofthe Working Committee of the Provincial Kirti Kisan Party in July 1931. Took part in the agitation connected with the Bankteshawar Mills Strike, and was arrested under Sections 117/341,1. P. C. on 30th November 1931 for organising picketing at the Mill, and was sentenced to one month’s S. I. Was one of the organisers ofthe Workers’ Home, Lahore, of which he became a lecturer in February 1932. Delivered lectures stressing the virtues of Socialism, and supplied proscribed books to the students. Was