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Raja Singh

Village: Kot Fatuhi

City: Hoshiarpur

Raja Singh, son of Maya Singh, of Kot Fatuhi, P. S. Mahilpur. District Hoshiarpur. He went to America in 1907 and was reported by the Canadian authorities to be a seditionist. On arrival in India by the S.S. "Tosha Maru" about the end of 1914, he was interned in the Montgomery Jail for three years. On release he was restricted to his village for two years. In 1924 he accompanied the Shahidi Jatha of Anandpur, which went to Jaiton, and returned to his village in 1925. He has been taking part in political diwans, etc. Died on 27th February 1934.

Description : Wheat complexion; height 5'-7"; age 45/50 years; stout build; white beard with a tinge of black; knows a little Gurmukhi; always wears a Kirpan.