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Sant Singh

Village: Kalaur

City: Patiala

Sant Singh, alias Lakhmir Singh, son of Chuhar Singh, Jat, of Kalaur, P. S. Bassi, Patiala State. A minor revolutionary. Was in the Ferozepore raid and was one of the Ghadr missionaries in the Bar. Convicted in the Supplementary Conspiracy Case of 1915 and sentenced to transportation for life, with recommendation to mercy. Sentence subsequently reduced to 5 years' rigorous imprisonment. After his release he carried on propaganda in the Majha and was convicted during the Guru-ka-Bagh Morcha and sentenced to seven months' rigorous imprisonment. A bomb and some other firearms were recovered from his house in June 1921. In 1924 he was reported to have been deeply concerned in a conspiracy for political murders in the Patiala State. He was prosecuted under Section 302/120-B., Indian Penal Code and sentenced to 7 years' rigorous imprisonment. After his release he took up his residence in Chak No. 67, Lyallpur where he became Granthi of Gurdwara Sudharke, and was known as Giani Lakhmir Singh.

Description : Age 42 years; height about 5'-7"; thin build; wheat complexion; long face; small eyes.