Lachman Singh, son of Indar Singh, Jat, of Khurdpur, P. S. Adampur, District Jullundur. He emigrated to Vancouver in 1907 and lived with Tarak Nath Das (one of the leading figures in the revolutionary party on the West Coast of America during the Great War). He wrote a discontented letter which showed his sympathy with the agitation in America. Mentioned by Charan Das of village Pharwala, district Jullundur (formerly connected with the Ghadr Party) as a prominent anti- Government speaker at the Vancouver Gurdwara. He paid several visits to the States ostensibly on business but really to confer with important Ghadr leaders. He was a member of the Komagata Maru Committee. Early in the war he was spreading false news of British disasters, and using vituperative language against the British Government. In 1916 he was the Secretary of the Guru Nanak Trust Company. Vancouver, and was reckoned to be one of the active supporters of the Ghadr Party. He advocated the assassination of Judge Morrison. About the end of 1916 he was involved in the continuous quarrels in Vancouver and was said to have feathered his nest from party funds, and to have been associated with an idea to collect funds for Tilak. At the beginning of 1917 he joined Gurdit Singh of Bilga (G-48) and Lal Singh of Thania and interested himself in the New Khalsa International Trading Company. In January 1917 he spoke at the Mewa Singh Memorial meeting. In October 1917 he made a speech in Vancouver on Home Rule and in the following month took an active lead in opposing conscription among the Indians. In 1919 he interested himself in the case of Tarak Nath Das. He was one of the lieutenants of the late Bhai Balwant Singh of village Khurdpur, district Jullundur (hanged in 2nd Supplementary Case), and a member of Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan. In 1922 and 1927 he was reported to be intending to return to India but on both the occasions he postponed his journey. Lachman is a cousin of Bawa Singh of Sakruli (B-40) who was formerly the President of the Ghadr Party. He was a member of the Committee which presented a petition to Lord Willingdon in April 1927, claiming full rights of citizenship to Indians in Canada. In 1928 he was very active, conducting meetings in British Columbia for the collection of funds for the families of those in jail, frequenting California in connection with the future program of work to be undertaken in India and assisting in the formation of a branch of the Indian National Congress in Canada. He sailed for India on the 12th of October 1928 by S.S. "Montclair", en route visiting London and passing through Western Europe, he reached his village on the 17th of December. He attended the All-Parties Convention at Calcutta held in the same month. In 1930 he was suspected to be in correspondence with revolutionaries abroad. In February 1932 he was reported to be an active Kirti Kisan worker. He is quiet at present and has not come to notice politically in recent times but is considered to be dangerous. He is trying to open a girls' school in Khurdpur. Owns landed property.

Description : Wheat complexion; small moustache; keeps long hair on head; round face; age about 49 years; height about 5'-4"; one or two gold capped teeth in front, of somewhat nervous disposition.