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Jiwan SINGH

Village: Dhurial

City: Jalandhar

J-30. Jiwan Singh, son of Rajindar Singh, Jat, of Village Dhurial, P. S. Adampur, District Jullundur. He is an ex-sepoy and emigrated to Vancouver in 1905. He and his brother Hakim Singh sent a very objectionable letter and copies ofthe "Ghadr" to a relative in India during ' the Great War. Was a prominent member of the Ghadr Party in San Francisco. -He lost an arm in an accident in the Yugantar Asharam Press but said it was a small thing to give for the 'cause.' During May and June 1921 he received training in aviation at the United States Aircraft School at Spokane, and secured a certificate as an aviator, proving himself an exceptionally good flyer. In 1922 he was employed with the Hammond Lumber Co. in Portland, Oregon, and was reported to be a close adherent ofthe Ghadr Party. He is believed to have'taken out first U. S. citizenship papers. He is an uncle of Iqbal Singh Hundal (1-25), and is said to have been smuggled by the latter into Canada from the U. S. A. in 1927. Since 1930 he has been a member of the small Ghadr Party contingent in Vancouver, B. C.

Description : Fair complexion; heavy build; flat face; age about 40/45 • It years; trembles while speaking.

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