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Harnam Singh Bassi

Village: Bundala

City: Jalandhar

Harnam Singh, Bassi, son of Nagina Singh, Jat, Village Bundala, District Jullundur. In March 1923 he was convicted and sentenced to 2 years' rigorous imprisonment under Section 124-A, I. P. C. On his release he became Editor of the 'Desh Sewak' of Jullundur and was again sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment for publishing an objectionable article. In May 1927 he went to Singapore whence he sent a letter to Sohan Singh Josh of Amritsar (S-54), which showed that he was deeply interested in the Kirti movement. He returned to India in June 1928. The following year he obtained a passport from the U. P. Government stating that he was living with his father who had taken up his residence at Saharanpur and proceeded to Fiji and thence to Panama. In 1931 he sent a letter from P. O. Box 928, Balboa, C. Z. to Kartar Singh, son of Jawala of his village expressing his inability to collect funds for the Naujawan Bharat Sabha which he denounced. In October 1931 he wrote a letter to the Editor of the "Mazdoor-Kisan" in which he warned the workers and peasants of India to get rid of the merciless capitalist British Government. He also wrote a letter to the Editor of the 'Desh Sewak' of Jullundur in December of that year stating that the 'Kirti' newspaper should not deal with religious matters but should devote itself entirely to propaganda.

Description : Born 1892; height 5'-8"; black eyes; dark hair; scar on left leg; wheat complexion; knows Urdu and Gurmukhi.