Karam Singh, Chima, son of Gujar Singh, Jat, of Chiman Kalan, P. S. Nurmahal, District Jullundur. Went to America in 1907 with the notorious Ghadr revolutionary Jagat Ram (J-2) and .Kidar Nath Sondhi (since dead) ofHariana, district Hoshiarpur. Returned to India by the s.s. "Australian" in December 1914, and was believed to have been sent to spread sedition. Was restricted to his village on his arrival in the Punjab. Was recommended to Banta Singh of Sanghwal (hanged), by Hamam Singh of Kotla as a returned emigrant who could do good work, but when asked to join, however, by Arur Singh of Sanghwal (hanged), he replied that the only work which he could do was press work. Released from restrictions in-1919. Took a prominent part in the Akali movement, and was elected Jathedar of the Phillaur Tahsil Akali Jatha in 1920. Was prosecuted under Section 107, Criminal Procedure Code for fomenting Akali agitation in the Jullundur district, and ordered to furnish security and on refusal was sent to jail. After his release he was elected a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee, and soon after he identified himself prominently in the agitation to reinstate the ex- Maharaja of Nabha. Was elected Vice-President of the Khalsa American Canadian Society in 1922. In 1923 distributed copies of highly objectionable posters published by Sohan Singh Josh (S-54) General Secretary. Shiromani .Akali Dal, Amritsar, for which his prosecution was ordered under Section 17 (2), C.L.A.A. (XIV of 1908). In the meantime, however, he was arrested on the 7th January 1924 for being a member of the second batch of the Akali leaders representing the S. G. P. C. which had then been declared an unlawful assembly. Sentenced to one year’s simple imprisonment and a fine ofRs. 500, or in default, to undergo three months' further imprisonment. On release he continued to associate with extremist Akalis and was found to be in correspondence with Sikh seditionists in America. In January 1927 was reported to be interested in sending students to Moscow. Became a member ofthe Desh Bhagat Qaidi Parwar Sahaik Committee (Committee for the relief of the families of political prisoners) of which he was subsequently elected vice-president in October 1927. Later he directed his attention to the Kirti movement, and took part in the deliberations of the Kirti Kisan Party during 1928. Was elected a member ofthe Executive of the Canadian Society in May 1928. Attended the Kirti Conference held at Lyallpore in September 1928, the All-India National Congress held at Calcutta in December of that year and at the latter place visited Baba Gurdit Singh (G-46). Attended the annual session ofthe All-India National Congress at Lahore in December 1929. Was elected President ofthe Reception Committee of the All-India Peasants' and Workers Conference and in his address condemned Gandhi's policy of non-violence as being conducive to the interests of the Capitalist party, and also condemned the Public Safety Bill and the Trades Union Federation. Was elected a member of the Satyagraha Sabha of Jullundur district in March 1930 to organise Congress Committee in Villages and enlist volunteers for civil disobedience. Was prosecuted under Section 108, Criminal Procedure Code and was sentenced to one year's simple imprisonment on the 14th June 1930. Released from the Attock jail in March 1931. Led a group of the Doaba Kirti Kisan Party which toured the Doaba preaching rank communism, and showing their disapproval of Gandhi's policy. Was elected a member ofthe Working Committee ofthe Provincial Kirti Kisan Party in July 1931. He, along with other Kirti workers, requested Santa Singh of Gandiwind (S-18) to address the Secretary of the Ghadr Party for funds to carry on propaganda in the Punjab. Was elected President of the Rajshi Qaidi Chhuraoo Committee (Committee for the release of political prisoners), in March 1933 which has decided to distribute freely to the public protographs ofthe prisoners of 1914-15 as they were before going to jail. He is known to be directly in touch with Sikh revolutionaries in Kabul and America, and funds from abroad for subversive propaganda are understood to be often remitted through him. His associates include a number ofreturned Ghadrites.

Description : Age 55 years; height 5'-5"; wheat complexion; long face; knows Gurmukhi.