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Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna (22 January 1870 – 21 December 1968)
Early life
Sohan Singh was born on 22 January 1870 at the village of Khutrai Khurd, north of
Sohan Singh became involved in the nationalist movement and the agrarian unrest that emerged in Punjab in the 1900s. He participated in the protests against the anti-Colonization Bill in 1906-07. Two years later, in February 1909, he left home to sail for the United States. After a two-month journey, Singh reached Seattle on 4 April 1909.
United States
Sohan Singh soon found work as a labourer in a timber mill being constructed near the city. In this first decade of the 1900s, the Pacific coast of
Meanwhile,
Ghadar Movement
The Ghadar Party evolved from the Pacific Coast Hindustan Association. The Ghadar's ultimate goal was to overthrow
Later life
In 1921, Sohan Singh was transferred to
After his release, he continued working in the nationalist movement and labour politics. His works were identified closely with the works of the
He was interned a second time during World War II, when he was jailed at the Deoli Camp in what is today Rajasthan. He remained incarcerated for nearly three years. After Independence he veered decisively towards the Communist Party of India. He was arrested on 31 March 1948, but released on 8 May 1948. However, he was seized again, but jail-going ended for him finally at the intervention of Independent India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Bent with age and ravaged by pneumonia, Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna died, at Amritsar, on 21 December 1968.
Notes
- ^ Josh, Sohan Singh (1970). Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna :life of founder of Ghadar party. People Publishing House. pp. ii.
- ^ a b c Strachan 2001, p. 795
- ^ Fischer-Tinē 2007, p. 335
- ^ a b Deepak 1999, p. 441
- ^ Strachan 2001, p. 796
- ISBN 978-81-7625-797-8.
References
- Sohan Singh Bhakna from searchsikhism.com
- Deepak, B. R. (1999), "Revolutionary Activities of the Ghadar Party in China. China Report 1999; 35; 439", China Report, Sage Publications, ISSN 0009-4455.
- S2CID 145323846.
- Puri, Harish K (1980), "Revolutionary Organization: A Study of the Ghadar Movement.Social Scientist, Vol. 9, No. 2/3. (Sep. - Oct., 1980), pp. 53-66", Social Scientist, JSTOR 3516925.
- Sarkar, Sumit (1984), "The Communists and 1942.Social Scientist, Vol. 12, No. 9. (Sep., 1984), pp. 45-53", Social Scientist, ISSN 0970-0293.
- Strachan, Hew (2001), The First World War. Volume I: To Arms, Oxford University Press. USA, ISBN 0-19-926191-1.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-7619-3480-6.