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Hakim Khan

Village: Simli

City: Hoshiarpur

Hakim Khan, son of Mode Khan, Rajput, of Simli, P. S. Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur. He went to the U. S. A. in 1902 and was the Treasurer of the Committee which was formed to raise subscriptions for the Turkish War fund. When the first batch of revolutionaries left San Francisco on the S.S. "Korea" in August 1914 he promised to send Muhammedan recruits for the party from America and to follow himself later. He was known to Charan Das of village Pharwala, district Jullundur (formerly connected with the Ghadr Party), as an active and regular Ghadr worker, and a collector of funds for the Party. At the instance of the late Barkat Ullah of Bhopal, and Bhagwan Singh of village Viring, district Amritsar, he took a prominent part in converting Muhammedans to the Ghadr cause. In 1919 he was reported to be a Ramchandra supporter. In January 1920 he was elected a trustee of the Muslim League. He was reported to have severed his connection with the Muslim League in September 1921, and to have interested himselfin the activities of the United India League of America in 1923. Early in 1922 he was in Central California and reported to be a keen Ghadrite and prominent Ramchandra supporter. In 1930 though he obtained a passport for India, he did not use it. He then gave his address as P. O. Box 1504, Brawley, California. At a meeting of the Ghadr Party at Sacramento on the 7th August 1932 he was reported to have had a clash with Achhar Singh Sheena (A-7), the chairman of the meeting, which looked like developing into a Sikh-Muhammedan riot. He is still in America.

Description : Age 59 years; height 6 feet; two moles on back of neck.