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Harnam Singh

Village: Daiewal

City: Jalandhar

Harnam Singh, Village Daiewal, P. S. Phillaur, District Jullundur. Harnam Singh appears to have been in Canada for a number of years. In 1919 he was in touch with the Ghadr Party leader in California, Jagat Singh, of village Kandola, district Jullundur (J-6). In 1921 he was one of the sponsors of the Hindustani Home Rule League of Canada. He was present at the annual convention of the Hindustani Y. M. A. of Canada held at Duncan at the close of June 1929, in which a resolution was passed expressing satisfaction at Bhagat Singh's (Murderer of a Police Officer in India) exploits and in which it was provisionally decided to send a sum of Rs. 7,300 to India to assist in the work of bomb-making. He also attended a secret meeting held at Vancouver on 28th April 1929 in which the action of Bhagat Singh was praised and it was decided to send financial support to those who followed his example.