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Kesho Ram

Village: Andar Shahr

City: Peshawar

K-5L Kesho Ram, Sabharwal, alias Kesho Das, alias Kaura, son of Tara Chand, Khatri, ofAndar Shahr, Peshawar City. An agitator of Peshawar and an associate of Lal Chand Falak of Lahore, Jagat Ram of Hariana (J-2), and Bhai Parmanand (P-14). Received copies of the "Ghadr". He was a member of Parmanand's Secret Society and was directed to establish a press for revolutionary literature and to have various officers assassinated when the signal for a rising arrived. He was arrested and put on Rs. 5,000 security for three years. He left Calcutta by the "Kawachi Maru" in June 1915 and in 1917 was reported to be living in Yokohama and carrying on Ghadr propaganda. In 1924 he applied to the British Consul, Tokio, for a passport, which was, however, refused. In November 1926 he was employed in Tenri Foreign Language College at Kami Takabatake Nara (Japan) and on the termination of his contract moved to Tokio in November 1927 to join the "Japan Times and Mail". He is reported to be still in Japan and to be working as editor of a newspaper. He is in correspondence with his sister, Krishna Devi, a widow, who lives in Peshawar City.