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Rajinder Singh

Village: Jandu Singha

City: Jalandhar

Rajinder Singh, B. A., alias Bhola Singh, son of Thakar Singh, Jat, of Jandu Singha, P. S. Adampur, District Jullundur. Arrived in New York in January 1912. Was at one time opposed to the Bhagwan Singh (formerly a leader of the Ghadr Party) faction, but supported them latterly. Believed to have sent large quantities of the "Ghadr” to Khushi Ram, son of Labhu Ram, Chimba, of the same village, and the sub- Postmaster. Was mentioned in Indar Singh's letter to Bal Singh as Treasurer of the new Sikh Temple Committee at Stockton—April 1914. Visited the Ashram in September 1921 and participated in a conversation about the manufacture of cartridges. Returned to his village in June 1922. Went to Bikaner State where his father owned some property and is still there. Was selected one of the five members of a committee formed to check the accounts of the "Desh Sewak" in 1927.

Description : Wheat complexion; age 37/38 years; height 5-7"; can write English and Gurmukhi; wears turban.