Rattan Singh, son of Hazara Singh, Village Singriwala, P. S. Sadr,
District Hoshiarpur. He came to notice during the Akali trouble in the
Doaba when he was arrested and sent up for trial in the Babbar Akali
Conspiracy Case (1922-23). He was sentenced to transportation for life
by the Session Judge but was acquitted on appeal by the High Court. He
was afterwards tried under Section 110, C. P. C., on the 24th of August
1927 but was let off on executing a bond for Rs. 2,000 with 2 sureties for a period of 2 years on 2nd June 1927. In December 1930 he was reported
to be in touch with the American Ghadr Party.