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Kehr Singh Gill

Village: Nathuwala

City: Firozpur

Kehr Singh, Gill, son of Mehtab Singh, Gill, Village Nathuwala Jadid. P. O. Kokari-Kalan, District Ferozepore. This man arrived in Canada on s.s. "Mounteagle”, May 19th, 1922, en route to the U. S. A. He was at first refused admission and ordered to be deported, but was subsequently released, Mit Singh, village Pandori, district Ludhiana (M-35), having deposited a cash bond of $500 on his behalf. After correspondence with the U. S. authorities he was allowed to proceed and entered the U. S. A. at Blaine, Washington, on September 19th, 1922, as a student, afterwards working for a time in the Ford Motor Co., at Detriot, Michigan. In 1929 he came to notice as an office bearer ofthe Independence ofIndia League at Detriot. Eventually he returned to Canada, where he owned a chicken ranch at Cloverdale, B. C. In 1930 he paid a visit to California to see Teja Singh Sutantar (T-8) with reference to the latter’s scheme for a Military School, etc., but nothing seems to have come of this visit. He took up residence in Vancouver early in 1932 on his appointment as Secretary of the local Sikh Temple.