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Gurdev Singh Dhillon

Village: Pandori

City: Hoshiarpur

Gurdev Singh Dhillon, son of Naranjan Singh (N-27), Village Pandori Ladha Singh, P. S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. He is the son of Naranjan Singh (N-27), a prominent leader of the Ghadr Party in California. He is said to be working as representative of the party in British Columbia. He is understood to have held a passport issued at Lahore in November 1929 which is stated to have been lost. In December 1930 he was granted a passport valid for 6 months by His Majesty's Consul at Colon for travelling to the United States of America, India, and Panama. He was recommended by the Panama branch of the Ghadr Party as a suitable person for training in aeronautics. He landed in Vancouver in March 1931 and was allowed entry into Canada. At a meeting of the resuscitated Hindustani Young Men's Association (Ghadr Party group in B. C.) in the Sikh Temple at Vancouver on 15th May 1932 he is reported to have recited a poem to the effect that no country had ever obtained its freedom without revolution. He also eulogized the services of the Babbar Akalis at a meeting held on 22nd May 1932 to commemorate the death of the Babbar Akali martyrs. He was reported to be a prominent party leader in California and to be working as a representative of the Ghadr Party in British Columbia. He also acted as Secretary at a meeting of the Hindustani Young Men’s Association held at the Sikh Temple in Vancouver on 28th August 1932. He could not be traced in Pandori, Hoshiarpur.