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Puran Singh ,son of inder singh,Jat,of jandiala,P.S.Nurmahal,District Jullundhur.He passed B.sc(Engineering)from Roorkee(Indian Institute of Technology ).He went to U.S.S.R and got socialist education from moscow university russia.Emigrated to America in 1908,and came back to India once.Was a director of the Canada-India Supply and Trust Company.Vancouver in 1910.He Sent a letter containing copies of the "Ghadr" from acramento,California,to S.Bhagwan singh,Bara jandiala,mentioning That he was an agent of Ghadr Party and was ready to start work at once,adding that the members were all returning to India to fulfil their vow.He was a wireless student at seattle,but did not complete the course.Sent seditious verses to a Ghadr meeting at Holt on 29th January 1915.Was said to be a correspondent of Munsha singh of Jandiala(M-54).Used to sign his letters "George' but he is not known by that name in America.He presided at a Ghadr meeting at sacramento in January 1919 and towards the middle of 1921 accompanied Bishan singh Hindi(B-72),on a subscription tour for the "Amritsar Memorial".Presided at meeting of the Ghadr Party at Stockton and Marysville on the 24th December 1922 and 19th August 1923 respectively.In 1923 he was reported to be the "head" of Ghadr Party and Secretary in 1924.In 1924 sent copies of the "Ghadr"to his brother ' Lal Singh',who was sentenced to 2 years R.I.He was the editor of "Ghadr' for a number of year,and great deal of his time was spent at the Ghadr Ashram.In March 1929 he wrote to Munsha singh Dukhi(M-54)offering him financial assistance and in july wrote to the "Kirti',"Asli Quami Dard","Akali- te- Pardesi","Kirpan Bahadur" and other papers informing them that an Akhand Path was completed on 25th May 1929 in honour of martyrdom of the Babbar Akalis,and that resolutions condemning the tyranny of British Government and congratualating the Kirti leaders had also been passed.In 1929 he was a regular quarterly subscriber to the Ghadr Party on behalf of the kirti fund,and incharge of the Ghadr Party headquarters in San Francisco.Early in 1930 he seems to have been in Detroit where he was incharge of small Sikh Ghadr group.He must have returned to California shortly afterwards because later in the year he became the President of the Secret Board of the party;but about this time he fell ill(being threatened with cancer)and has not taken an active part in Ghadr affairs since.He is said to be receiving treatment somewhere in the eastern part of U.S.A.Nevertheless,he is one of the more important Ghadr Party leaders and is fairly well educated.Owns landed property at his village jandiala

Description:Age 45 year;Sallow complexion;round face; height "5-7";clean shaven

Some History of Puran Singh according to the book of "THE GHADR DIRECTORY ". The Ghadr Directory, compiled by the Director Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India(British empire), was printed by the Manager, Government of India Press in 1934. It was supposed to be a confidential document of the Intelligence Bureau, containing useful information regarding the persons, involved in the Ghadr movement in America, Europe, Africa, Afghanistan and India