Ujagar Singh, son of Hazara Singh, Jat, of Bilga, District Jullundur. First
came to notice when he recited an objectionable poem at a meeting of the
Kirti Kisan Party held on the occasion of the Chhapar fair on the 17th and
18th September 1929. Was the Secretary of the Congress Committee,
Bilga, and District Secretary of the Zamindar League. Jullundur, and was
reported to be in close touch with extremist political agitators in the
province including Bhag Singh Canadian (B-47) and Karam Singh of
Chima (K-20). Was reported to be engaged in revolutionary propaganda,
in company with Arjan Singh Daler, a returned emigrant, and was
suspected of trying to collect a band of desperadoes to commit a political
dacoity. Was sentenced to nine months' R. I. on 9th May 1930, for
delivering a seditious speech at a political diwan held at Bilga on 25th
January 1930. He next came to notice in July 1931 when he was reported
to be the President of the Congress Committee, Bilga, and was said to
have received over Rs. 2,000 from America as a donation towards the
expenses of the "Doaba Dehati Political Conference" which was held
from the 21st to the 25th of August 1931. Was elected General Secretary of
the Jullundur branch of the Kirti Kisan Sabha in January 1932. Was
sentenced to 3 months' R. I. and a fine of Rs. 100 or in default to 1!4
month's further R. I. under Section 4 of Ordinance No. V of 1932 on the
25th January 1932. Participated in a procession taken out in Bilga on the
25th May 1932 in which the national flag was taken out and boycott
slogans were shouted, and was again sentenced to six months' R. I. and a
fine of Rs. 100 under the same Section on the 4th of June 1932.
Description : Age about 30 years.