Shiv Singh Pritam, alias Tara Singh, son of Kartar Singh, of Chak No. 168/9/L., District Montgomery. He went to Fiji Islands in May 1929 as a clerk and assistant to Ganga Singh & Bros., General Merchants, P. O. Box, No. 13, Fiji. He has been corresponding with Nidhan Singh of Mahesri (N-39), Sohan Singh 'Josh' (S-54) and Joga Singh (J-31), Secretary of the American Ghadr Party. In one of his letters to Sohan Singh 'Josh' he stated that he had, in accordance with the instructions of the Party (probably the Ghadr Party), sent £100 by way of helping the Mazdoor Kisan, out of which £50 had been sent to Dasaundha Singh, American (D-16), and the other half to the addressee. These remittances were stated to have been sent by means of drafts through special messengers. He also asked Sohan Singh and Dasaundha Singh to supply him with seditious literature. He is reported to be a nephew of the notorious Baba Gurdit Singh (G-46) whom he asked in May 1930 to send him a copy of the "Russian Revolution" by Ferozuddin Mansur (F-5), and promised support to the addressee's book entitled the "Voyage of the Komagata Maru". He poses as a priest, and his abode is between Latoka and Suva. He was reported to be contemplating leaving the colony for Brazil. In his letters overseas he styled himself as General Secretary of the Gurdwara Committee, Suva and Secretary of the Sikh Desh Paremik Society, now renamed Hindustan Sudhar Society, an extreme political organization of the Sikhs in Fiji. In 1931 he was in regular correspondence with Nidhan Singh of Mahesri and Joga Singh of Ghamiala, regarding the activities of the Ghadr Party and expressing his anxiety to obtain a prescription of "drugs of sickness." The prescription was believed to be no other than a formula for the manufacture of bombs. In January 1932 Nidhan Singh of Mahesri sent Shiv Singh a bundle of the Ghadr Party’s Special Ailan (Proclamation) for distribution in India in response to the addressee's request. He left Fiji for New Zealand by the S.S. "Mariposa" on 31st December 1932. Prior to his departure he announced his destination to be India, but it was suspected that he contemplated travelling to Germany, probably en route to Moscow, to undergo military and propagandist training at the instance of the Ghadr Party. He duly arrived in Germany at the end of March and later went on to Moscow. His place has been taken by Santa Singh (S-20). His last address was G. I. P. Box 244, Fiji.

Description : Age about 27 years; height 5-7"; his photograph is on record.