Teja Singh Sutantar, alias T. S. Azad, alias T. S. Giani, alias Samundar Singh, son of Desa Singh alias Kirpal Singh of Aloona, P. S. Sadr, District Gurdaspur. He participated in the Akali movement, and later- went to Kabul as a preacher of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee in 1923, where he got into touch with the Afghan authorities and the Soviet Minister, and came under the tutelage of the late Udham Singh of village Kasel, district Amritsar. Subsequently he joined a Military Academy in Constantinople in 1924. While there he came into touch with Maulvi Obeidulla Sindhi (a Pan-Islamist) and Zafiar Hassan (a Muhajir), and corresponded with Gurmukh Singh (G-54) and Wasdev Singh alias Ishar Singh (W-7), in Kabul, suggesting to the latter the seeding of students from America or India to Europe for Military training. Finishing his training early in 1929 he left Constantinople about the middle of August and after visiting Paris and Berlin, where he met Rattan Singh (R-36), he reached San Francisco about the middle of December. He was there appointed a Director of the American Hindustani Trading Co., a commercial organization formed to promote the economic policy of the Ghadr Party and to be used as a cover for other forms of activities. He worked in the Ghadr Ashram till October 1930 and subsequently toured in California in the interests of the Ghadr party's military policy. He also met Rattan Singh on the Texas-Mexican border. In 1930 he subscribed a number of articles to the 'Hindustan Ghadr' advocating "martial revolution" and gave lessons in bomb-making free of charge. He sailed from San Francisco under compulsion by the Immigration authorities on the 22nd of January 1931 and landed in Panama on 12th February. He reorganized the Ghadr Party in Panama and thereafter was engaged in propaganda. He left for the Argentina about April 1931, and stayed there till March 1932 establishing branches of the Ghadr Party in that area. He then proceeded to Brazil, whence he intended to leave for Europe in connection with a proposed coffee business in Turkey, but the Ghadr Party were averse to his plan as they could not spare the services of the brain of the party. In July 1932 he arrived in Berlin and joined Rattan Singh. In response to the desire of the party he is reported to have left Berlin for Moscow on or about the 30th September 1932 to receive training for at least a year. By reason of his military training Teja Singh is regarded in Ghadr Party circles as the future Commander-in-Chief of the Sikh Army. He travels on a Turkish passport. His wife is the sister of Wasdev Singh alias Ishar Singh (W-7).

Description : Age about 31 years; height 5-7"; strong build; mouth small; good teeth; broad face; wheat complexion; dark eyes; sharp nose; clean shaven; knows English, Gurmukhi, Urdu, Persian, Sanskrit and Arabic.