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Gurdit Singh

Village: Sursing

City: Lahore

Gurdit Singh, son of Gurmukh Singh, barber, of Sursing, P. S. Bhikiwind, District Lahore. A returned emigrant, who came back on the S.S. "Salamis" in November 1914. He had taken part in a seditious meeting at Oxnard; California, in July 1914. He was arrested at the revolutionary headquarters in Lahore in February 1915 and convicted by the Lahore Tribunal and sentenced to transportation for life. The sentence was afterwards reduced to 10 years. Enquiries made in 1920 showed that he was paid Rs. 100 a year from the Sikh Qaidi Parwar Sahaik fund (fund for the relief of the families of political prisoners). Works as a barber at the village and is reported to be quiet.

Description : Age 65 years; height 5-7"; fair complexion.