Karam Singh, son of Ganga Singh, of Dhut, Kapurthala State. He left
for abroad about thirty years ago and is said to have reached America
from China on 13th March 1913. Came to notice in 1916 as having
frequented the Ghadr Ashram. A revolutionary at Stockton, where he
associated with a number of Germans. Known to Sant Tara Singh (dead),
Dr. Bishan Singh (village Mattubhanoki, district Gujranwala), a former
member of the Ghadr Party, and Hari Singh Ghalli (H-22). A persistent
opponent of the late Ramchandra of Peshawar, a leader of the Ghadr
Party. Name and address found in the note-book of Tarak Nath Das
(formerly connected with the Ghadr Party) after the latter's arrest in
America. Gave valuable evidence in the San Francisco Case. Proposed
with two others at a Ghadr meetings at Lodi on 12th August 1918, that
the India Home Rule League, the Ghadr Party and other organisations
should be amalgamated in order to carry on the work more effectively.
Deplored the Muhammadan policy of keeping aloof from other national
elements, at a meeting at Sacramento on 25th January 1920. Reported
early in 1922 as a leader or close adherent of the Ghadr Party. On 12th
January 1924 was elected a member ofthe "Ghadr State Committee" with
headquarters at Stockton. Early in 1926 headed a deputation offive men
including Harjap Singh ofMahilpur (H-32), Pritam Singh ofDhand Kasel
(P-29), and Santa Singh of Gandiwind (S-18), to Moscow for training in
Soviet propaganda methods. A Gurmukhi letter written early in 1927 by
Harjap Singh to Santok Singh of village Dodher, district Amritsar (since
dead) of the "Kirti" Amritsar, gave proof of the important position held
by Karam Singh and others along with M. N. Roy, in the Ghadr-
Communist campaign of which the headquarters were in Hankow in
1927. Karam Singh and Harjap Singh (H-32) were in Moscow in March
1928. They met Gurmukh Singh (G-54) and Rattan Singh (R-36) in
Ramnagar (a disguised term for Tashkent). Left Moscow for India in July
1928 with Harjap Singh, and on crossing the Afghan border both ofthem
were arrested and subsequently released on bail. Was employed as a mali
in the Arq at Kabul till the end of 1930 and was believed to be in
correspondence with Maulvi Fazal Ilahi of Chamarkand, and in touch
with the Russian Legation. Was expelled from Kabul by the Kotwal but
was recalled at the intervention of Allah Niwaz Khan, an employee ofthe
Amir. Left Kabul and reached his village on 14th April 1931. Was
arrested under Regulation III of 1818 on 22nd May 1931, and is at
present confined in the Multan jail.