Tara Singh, son of Ram Singh, of Thetar, P. S. Barki, District Lahore. Younger brother of Lohara Singh (L-15), one of the principals accused in the Manak Gurdwara case. He left his home about 1907 and went to Shanghai where he served as a Police Constable for 6 years. Later he obtained employment as a watchman on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway at Pukow Station, Nankin, and served in that capacity for 4 years. He was closely connected with the Ghadr movement in the Far East and was an active member of the Ghadr Party at Nankin. A deliberate and most mischievous plotter. Tara Singh imported dangerous Ghadr revolutionaries into Nankin, received and circulated the "Ghadr" newspaper and was deeply implicated in the murder of Hamam Singh, a Sub-Inspector of Police on special duty in China, and was the chief organizer of several attempts on the life of Mr. Barrett, the Captain Supt. of Police, Shanghai. He was also closely connected with the German- Indian conspirators in China and was the principal helper of the members of the Ghadr Party. He was deported from China in September 1917, was arrested on arrival in India and interned in Jail in October 1917 under the Ingress Ordinance. His behavior in jail was all along extremely obstinate. He was released from internment and restricted to his village in November 1919. The restriction order was cancelled in the following month under the Royal Amnesty. He was present at a noisy demonstration made by a band of Akalis before the Court of the Deputy Commissioner, Lahore on 15th December 1920 and took a very prominent part in the seizure of the Manak Gurdwara in March 1921. Evaded arrest for a long time but was eventually caught in Amritsar district in July 1921 after evidence had been obtained of his complicity in a conspiracy to murder officials and overthrow the Government. He was convicted under Sections 395/452,1. P. C. to six years' R. I. in the Supplementary Manak Gurdwara Case on 21st November 1921 and to 5 years' R. I. under Sections 120-B/302 and 120, I. P. C. in the Akali Conspiracy Case on 19th May 1922. After his release from jail, he diverted his attention towards the Civil Disobedience movement and attempted to bring round the Sikhs to the Congress fold. In February 1932 he was elected President of the Shiromani Akali Dal and in April he and his other pro-Congress Sikh colleagues succeeded in prevailing upon the Sikh League to give its approval to the Civil Disobedience movement. His efforts and those of Master Tara Singh and others resulted in the dispatch in April of a Lyallpur Jatha to Delhi. He was arrested on 24th April 1932 under the Emergency Powers Ordinance. Was released on the expiry of the Ordinance on 31st December 1932. Owns landed property jointly with his brother Lohara Singh (L-15). Associates with Master Tara Singh, of Haryal, district Rawalpindi, and other Akali leaders.

Description : Age 40 years; medium height; broad face, big nose; thick beard.