Lakha Singh, son of Sandhi, Jat, Village Chiman Kalan, P. S. Nurmahal,
District Jullundur. He went to the United States of America about 1908-10 and worked for some time in a factory at Stockton. Later he
joined the Ghadr Party and became well acquainted with Rattan Singh,
Santokh Singh, and other members of the party. He left the United States
of America for India via Europe in the middle of 1926 and was reported
to have been entrusted with some secret message by the Ghadr Party, and
to have brought a sum of Rs. 22,000 from the Canadian American Press
Society for the help of the Doaba sufferers, and the "Desh Sewakâ
newspaper. He returned to America in 1927, travelling via Berlin were
he was in close touch with Harjap Singh (H-32). In 1929 he was President
of the Ghadr Party, and was reported to be a regular quarterly subscriber
to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the Kirti fund. In February 1930 he was
said to have been elected to the Stockton Committee of the Ghadr Party.
Towards the end of that year, he paid a surreptitious visit to Canada to
discuss the constitution of the Canadian Hindustani Congress. He
exhorted his brethren in Canada to change the title of the new
organization on the ground that it did not stand for revolution. Early in
1932 he was reported to be one of the active leaders of the Ghadr Party.
Is somewhat illiterate, but knows a good deal about the secret work
performed by the Ghadr Party. His address in America is P. O. Box 582,
Isleton, California.
Description : Age 44/45 years; wheat complexion; tall.