Sher Singh, alias Amrit Singh, son of Kesar Singh, of Vainpoin, P. S. Tarn Taran, District Amritsar. Was reported by the Canadian authorities to be seditious. He left Victoria by S.S. "Canada Maru" on 1st September 1914. He was stated by a fellow passenger to be very extreme and to have advocated mutiny on the voyage. He also used to read from the "Ghadr". At the meeting held at Hong Kong by the members of the various parties assembled there, Sher Singh was elected a member of the Central Managing Committee, which was to direct the campaign in India. On his way back he recited seditious verses at the Hong Kong Gurdwara and endeavored to tamper with troops in Singapore and to deliver a seditious lecture in the Rangoon Gurdwara. On his arrival in India by the S.S. "Tosha Mam" he was found in possession of seditious leaflets and was arrested and interned. He was convicted by the Lahore Tribunal and sentenced to transportation for life. His conduct in jail was satisfactory. He gave valuable information in respect of a plot to make bombs in the Jullundur district jail for use against Government officials, and was consequently released unconditionally in March 1931. Corresponds with Jatindra Nath Nandi, son of Harish Chandra Nandi, of Marigs, P. S. Badla, district Mymensingh, who was a fellow prisoner in the Andamans, and associates with Baba Wasakha Singh (W-6) and Santa Singh of Gandiwind (S-18). He works as a farmer and is quiet at present.

Description : Age about 50 years; wheat complexion; height 5-7".