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Shiv Singh

Village: Dhut Kalan

City: Kapurthala

Shiv Singh, alias Tara Singh, Village Dhut Kalan, Kapurthala State. He went to America about 1910 and joined the revolutionaries in 1913-14. In 1926 he was reported to be trying to get his son Jaswant Singh, then studying in Dayal Singh College, Lahore, to America, probably to make use of him in the interests of the Ghadr Party. The family was reported to be of pro-Akali views. According to information received from a source in 1927 he was stated to be a supporter of the Ghadr Party in America. Was reported in 1929 to be a regular quarterly subscriber to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the Kirti fund. In 1931 he was one of those who collected funds for the Canadian American Doaba Educational Committee. His address was 277 P. B. Broderick. He was reported to have been elected vice-President of the Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan for 1931. Is still in America.