Shamsher Singh, son of the late Bhai Bakhshish Singh, Jat, Village Sursingh, P. S. Bhikhiwind. District Lahore. Bom in California. As a boy he was one of the seven companions of Mahendra Pratap on the latter's anti-British tour from San Francisco to the Far East in 1925, and met Rash Behari Bose (R-32) in Japan in October 1926. In 1927 he was despatched to Moscow via Vladivostok for training at the Eastern University under the Russian name of Volkoff; but the Comintern were dissatisfied with his educational qualifications and sent him back to California (February 1929). Is reported to be still in America. Has five brothers named Kapur Singh, Sham Singh, Hamam Singh, Teja Singh and Hari Singh, who are all in America. Owns some land in village Sursingh.

Description : Age 22 years (1932); very tall (over six feet).