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jaswant Singh

Village: Kairon

City: Amritsar

Jaswant Singh, son ofNihal Singh, Village Kairon, District Amritsar. He went to the U. S. A. in 1921 as a student and joined the Berkeley University, moving subsequently to Detroit where he appears to have been employed on mechanical work in the Ford factory. He became a member of the Ghadr Party and was reported to be a member of the Detroit branch in 1930. He.seems to be a very zealous worker and was said to be trying to induce the Ghadr Party as far back as September, 1930, to accept him for instructions in aviation and had also written to Teja Singh on the subject. He contributed an article to the "Hindustan Ghadr" for July 1932 in which he appealed to young men to discard non- violence and organise themselves on Ghadrite principles. He is reported to have been sent by the Ghadr Party to Moscow for training. He was granted passport No. 5023 at San Francisco on 25th May 1932 and sailed from New York in June. He arrived in Moscow in July 1932.

Description : Age 26 years; height 5-7".

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