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Rattan Singh

Village: Samrari

City: Jalandhar

Rattan Singh, son of Nagina Singh, Village Samrari, District Jalandhar. He is reported to have gone to the U. S. A. in about 1929, though he claims to have landed at San Francisco as a student on 13th April 1922. His only living relative at his village is an uncle named Mehar Singh. He studied (according to his own statement) at the Oakland High School and the University of California, and afterwards transferred to the Idaho University whence he graduated. He was working with Harbans Singh Basi(H-11) at the time of the latter's arrest in April 1931. In December 1931 he addressed a letter to the Secretary, Indian Young Men Association (Naujawan Bharat Sabha), c/o "Daily Bande Mataram", Lahore, expressing his sympathy with the Association and his willingness to become a member of it. In the same month he wrote to Dasaundha Singh (D-16) c/o "The Mazdoor Kisan". Amritsar, asking him to suggest some books containing the views of the younger generation towards Mahatma Gandhi. His address was then P. O. Box Nos. 953 and 955, Yuba City, California. He is now (June 1933) the foreman on Louie Giovanni's ranch near Stockton. Is regarded as an active member of the Ghadr Party and is described as highly intelligent.