Kapur Singh, son of Sham Singh, Jat, of Kharaudi, P. S. Mahilpur, District Hoshiarpur. Is a Matriculate. Emigrated to the United States of America in 1906. Worked at Mohawk, California, until 1910, and afterwards in the hop-yards at Sacramento. Served under the Southern Pacific until 1912. Crossed over to Canada early in 1912 and opened a Real Estate Office in Johnson Street under the name of the Punjab Real Estate Co. In 1913 joined Dr. Sundar Singh on the staff ofthe "Sansar" paper and in the same year became Secretary ofthe Guru Nanak Mining & Trust Co. in Vancouver. One ofthe leading agitators at the time ofthe deportation of Bhagwan Singh of village Viring, district Amritsar (a former leader of the Ghadr Party), and the "Komagata Maru" incident. Revolutionaries like Hussain Rahim, a Ghadrite, Lachman Singh (L-6), and Gurdit Singh (G-48) were his associates and co-workers in British Columbia. Wrote seditious letters to one Tara Singh ofhis village in 1916 who at that time was living at Sawtelle, Los Angeles. A regular recipient ofthe "Ghadr". Presented along with Rahim and others an address to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his visit to S. Vancouver in 1919, ventilating the grievances of Indians in Canada. Was appointed to the Committee ofthe United India Home Rule League of Canada in August 1920. Spoke at a meeting of the League on 21st January 1922 appreciating the efforts made by the Indian National Congress in making India a Republic. Presided at a meeting ofthe Canadian American Press Society of the Doaba on the 19th February 1922, at which he read out letters from Piara Singh (P-25) and Mehar Singh of Langeri, in India, relating to the work done by the Akali Dal in India. Was elected to the Committee as second Vice-President. In July 1922 he was reported to be one of the active business heads of the Committee of the Victoria and Island Doaba Society. Subsequently held the offices of the President, Vice-President and General Secretary of the Canadian American Press Society ofthe Doaba. In April 1923 he issued an appeal for the relief of "Kirpan Bahadur” for its article against the Kirti workers. He lives close to the Mexican—U. S. A. border and is well-known on each side of the boundary. He is an associate ofNagindar Singh of his village (N-5) but is not related to him.