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<p class="C1">&#65279BANT&#256 SI&#7748GH (1890-1915), a <u>Gh</u>adr revolutionary, was born the son of B&#363&#7789&#257 Si&#7749gh in 1890 at Sa&#7749gv&#257l, in Jalandhar district of the Punjab. He passed his matriculation examination from the local D. A. -V. High School and left for abroad, first travelling to China and then onwards to America. In 1914, he returned home from America fired with revolutionary fervour. He established a school and a <i>pañch&#257yat</i> in his village and undertook a tour of the district distributing <u>Gh</u>adr literature among the people and exhorting them to join in the rising to expel the British from India and engage in sabotage, tampering with railway lines and cutting telephone wires.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As he once went to Lahore to procure firearms, he was detected by two policemen who tried to catch him, but he escaped. He attended a meeting of a <u>Gh</u>adr group on 2 May 1915 when it was planned to attack the magazine at Kap&#363rthal&#257 to seize firearms. Two groups were organized to attack the guard posted at the Vall&#257 bridge, near M&#257n&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 railway station in Amritsar district, one of which was to be led by Bant&#257 Si&#7749gh. He attacked the guard on the night of 11-12 June 1915 and captured six service rifles and 200 cartridges. The government announced a prize of two squares of land and two thousand rupees in cash for anyone catching him. Lured by this, Bant&#257 Si&#7749gh's close relative, Part&#257p Si&#7749gh of the village of Jau&#7771&#257 in Hoshi&#257rpur district, had him arrested on 25 June 1915. He was tried in the Central Jail, Lahore, under martial law along with four others in the Vall&#257 railway bridge case, and was sentenced to death. He was hanged on 12 August 1915.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Deol, G. S. , <i>The Role of the Ghadr Party in National Movement</i>. Delhi, 1969<BR>
<li class="C1"> Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh, <i><u>Gh</u>adar P&#257r&#7789&#299 Lahir. Delhi</i>, 1979<BR>
<li class="C1"> Sai&#7749sar&#257, Gurcharan Si&#7749gh, <i><u>Gh</u>adar P&#257r&#7789&#299 d&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Jalandhar, 1969<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh Deol<br></p><BR>
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