Wishesh December Magazine 2015

FREEDOM FIGHTER
1915, Kartar Singh organized
and participated in raids on
Mansuran and Sahneval
villages.
A police informer, Kirpal,
joined Ghadr and disclosed all
the issues of the party. Is was
through his sketch, in February
1915, Ghadr leaders are
rounded up by the police.
However, Kartar Singh,
Jagat Singh of Sursingh,
and Harnam Singh Tundilat,
escaped to Kabul. After a
gap, they again came back to
Punjab and were seized on
2nd March 1915 at Wilsonpur,
in Shahpur district.
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The trial of the arrested
leaders in the 1915-1916
Lahore conspiracy cases,
highlighted Kartar Singh’s role
in the movement.
Kartar Singh visited
cantonments in Meerut,
Agra, Allahabad, Rawalpindi,
Benaras, Ambala and Lahore,
along with Pingley, to inspire
the soldiers.
Kartar Singh and all his
associates succeeded in
manufacturing bombs on a
small scale at Jhabeval and
later at Lohtbaddi, both in
Ludhiana district,
In order to procure funds
for his party, in January
Kartar Singh,
Jagat Singh of
Sursingh, and
Harnam Singh
Tundilat, escaped
to Kabul. After a
gap, they again
came back to
Punjab and were
seized on 2nd
March 1915 at
Wilsonpur, in
Shahpur district.
Death sentence to
Kartar Singh
Out of the 63 arrested
Gadharites, 24 were
sentenced to death, among
whom Kartar was one.
Giving the judgment, the court
said, “He is very proud of the
crimes committed by him. He
does not deserve mercy and
should be sentenced to death”.
On 16th November 1915,
when Kartar has been just 19
years old, he was hanged in
the Lahore Central Jail.
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