Surain Singh, son of Ghasita Singh, of Village Mahem, District Jullundur. He is known to have been in Canada in 1920, but did not come prominently to notice until 1929 when he was reported to be a sympathizer of the Ghadr Party in Canada. He attended a secret meeting held at Vancouver on 28th April 1929 at which Bhagat Singh's (the murderer of a Police Officer in India) action was admired and it was decided to send financial aid to those who would follow his example. He was also present at the annual convention of the Hindustani Young Men's Association of Canada held at Duncan at the close of June 1929 at which a resolution was passed expressing satisfaction at Bhagat Singh's exploits and it was provisionallly decided to send a sum of Rs. 7,300 to India to assist in the work of bomb-making. He is believed to be interested in the "Kirti" and attended a meeting held at Kamploops, at the end of September 1929, for the purpose of raising funds for the above paper and the various defense funds and for discussing future plans of action. Towards the close of that year he interested himself in learning the art of the manufacture of explosives. In 1930 he was President of the Sikh Temple at Vancouver and was elected Vice-President of the War Council in 1930 and 1931. He attended several meetings held at Vancouver in 1931 to commemorate the death of the Babbar Akalis. He has since been the central figure of serious disputes in Vancouver, of a non-political nature, which have split the Sikh Temple into two warring factions.