Wishesh December Magazine 2015

In 1912, when he was just 16
years old, he travelled to San
Francisco (U.S.A), and joined
the University of California
at Berkeley, and pursued a
degree in chemistry.
Kartar’s patriotic sentiments
were roused, after he was
associated with Nalanda
club of Indian students at
Berkeley. He was moved by
the bad treatment, Indian
immigrants are getting, in the
United States.
Political entry
In 1913, Ghadr (revolt) party
was founded by Sohan
Singh, a Sikh peasant from
Bhakna village in Amritsar
district. While Sohan was the
president, and Hardyal was
been the secretary, Kartar
Singh stopped his university
deals and joined hands with
Hardyal and supported him
in running the revolutionary
newspaper Ghadr (revolt).
Kartar undertook the
responsibility for printing
the Gurmukhi edition of the
paper. He even composed
patriotic poetry and wrote
several articles. Not stopping
there, he even reached out
to the Sikh farmers, and
inspired them for the united
action against British.
One of the most revolutionary
feet of Kartar was, in 1913,
at a meeting at Sacremento,
California, he jumped to the
stage and began to sing:
“chalo chaliye desh nu
Yuddha karen, eho aakhiri
vachan te farman ho gaye”
(come! let us go and join the
battle of freedom; the final
call has come, let us go!”
Kartar Singh in India
Kartar Singh left the USA
on 15th September 1914,
and returned to India via
Colombo. He resolved to
set up a centre in his village,
as per the model of Ghadr
party’s ‘Yugantar Ashram in
San Francisco.
In December 1914, Bhai
Parmanand arrived in India
to lead the movement and it
was then, Kartar Singh was
charged with spreading the
network in Ludhiana district.
Regarding this connection,
Kartar went to Bengal to
secure the weapons, and
made contacts with the
revolutionaries like Rash
Bihari Bose, Vishnu Ganesh
Pingley and Sachindra Nath
Sanyal.
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