Partap Singh, M. A., son of Bai Nihal Singh, Jat, Village Kairon, P. S. Sirhali, District Amritsar. After passing his Intermediate Examination in 1920 from the Khalsa Collegiate School, Amritsar, he went to America for further studies. He first joined the California University and later studied in the Michigan University from where he got his M. A. degree in 1928. While in America he became a prominent member of the Ghadr Party. At a meeting held in the Sikh Temple at Stockton on 9th July 1921 in memory of the Sikhs who lost their lives at Nankana Sahib he spoke in denunciation of the British rule, and at another meeting held in the same place on 15th November 1921 he made a speech exhorting the Sikhs to fight the "tyrant". At the end of 1921 he was elected to the local committee of the Ghadr Party in Stockton. In August 1922 he was elected a member of the General Ghadr Committee for the purpose of republishing the "Ghadr" newspaper which had for some time been suspended owing to lack of funds. Towards the end of 1922 he was elected an office-bearer of the Ghadr Party. He returned to India in 1929 and after an unsuccessful attempt at running a cafe in New Delhi in partnership with Darbara Singh Sodhi (D-13), he went to Amritsar where he started the "New Era" in 1931 with himself as Editor and Darbara Singh asjoint-editor. He delivered speeches in various political diwans in the Amritsar district and also spoke at the Kirti Kisan Meeting held at Karachi on the occasion of the Congress session. The Kirti group wanted to secure his services for this new paper which they had a mind to start. Although the "New Era" started with a decidedly independent tone it could fairly be described as a Kirti Kisan and Ghadr organ. About the middle of April 1931 the Punjab Kirti Kisan Party asked him to take up the editorship of "The Sunrise", an English paper. About that period, he was working as Secretary of the Political Prisoners Release Society, Amritsar. He delivered a violent speech at a meeting held in Amritsar on 21st March 1931 to protest against the then impending execution of Bhagat Singh (murderer of a Police officer in India) and his two fellow prisoners and also denounced the Ghadhri-Irwin pact. He is a regular recipient of Ghadr literature. In August 1931 he was reported to have started a new venture, the Khalsa-American Federation, to protect the political rights of the Sikhs in the Punjab. In September 1931 he tried to stir up agitation against the Press Bill. Attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of the central Sikh League at Amritsar on 17th April 1932. Is one of the persons entrusted with the sum of Rs. 40,000 collected in America by Bhagat Singh Thind (B-48) and Sister Rose, for the construction of a Kirti Hospital, which did not materialize. Was arrested under Section 17 (2) of the C. L. A. Act on 4th June 1932. Was convicted and sentenced to 3 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 300. He also received a sentence of 2 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 200 under Section 224. I. P. C. the sentences to run consecutively. He was, however, acquitted by the High Court on appeal. Was elected Secretary of the Mazdoor Kisan Sabha on 4th December 1932, and General Secretary of the Working Committee of the Qaidi Chhurao Committee, formed at Amritsar at the end ofDecember 1932, to secure the release of the political prisoners of 1914-15. Associates with Bhag Singh Canadian (B-47), Karam Singh Chima (K-20), Santa Singh of Gandiwind (S-18), and other returned emigrants and Kirti Kisan workers.

Description : Age about 35 years; wheat complexion; height 5-7"; stout build; wears spectacles.