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Thakur Singh

Village: Samrai

City: Jalandhar

Thakur Singh, son of Chajju, of Village Samrai, P. S. Nurmahal, District Jullundur. On the 10th of February 1932 a man named Thakur Singh was arrested at the store of H. Indar Singh (1-9) at Walnut Grove and charged with being in the United States illegally. He was said to have entered California from Mexico in 1929. In his possession were found receipts of the years 1930 and 1931 from the Ghadr Party signed by Joga Singh (J- 31), Harmindar Singh alias Madan Singh (M-2) and Kishan Singh (K- 64). He also had with him an issue of the "Mazdoor Kisan" together with a leaflet published by the Kirti Press entitled "Those who fought and died for Communism" which contained photographs of Lenin, Karl Marx, and Pandit Kanshi Ram. H. Indar Singh who is believed to be his brother, pleaded on his behalf and offered a considerable sum as a bribe to the Immigration authorities. He is said to be still in Jail (July 1933).