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<p class="C1">&#65279JAGAT SI&#7748GH alias Jai Si&#7749gh (1883-1915), a leading <u>Ghadr</u> revolutionary, was born about 1883, the son of Ar&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh, at Sursi&#7749gh, a village in Lahore (now Amritsar) district. He was a hefty, sturdy man and joined the Indian army when twenty. Leaving the army, he migrated to Shanghai and to Canada and settled in Vancouver where he found employment in a saw-mill. There he was drawn into the <u>Gh</u>adr revolutionary movement. As the World War broke out in 1914, he returned to India by a Japanese ship with a view to joining the uprising against the British. The Canadian authorities reported to the Indian government his revolutionary activities and charged him with the murder in Vancouver of Harn&#257m Si&#7749gh, a loyalist. In the Punjab, Jagat Si&#7749gh became a close associate of <u>Gh</u>adr leaders, such as Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh Sar&#257bh&#257. He took part in the Chabb&#257, S&#257hnev&#257l, and Mans&#363r&#257&#7749 dacoities, looted money which was turned over to the revolutionary centre, and offered to sell his land for the cause. He also helped in the manufacture of bombs. He escaped arrest when the revolution was betrayed by a police spy, Kirp&#257l Si&#7749gh. In company with Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh Sar&#257bh&#257 and Harn&#257m Si&#7749gh Tu&#7751&#7693&#299l&#257t, Jagat Si&#7749gh made his way to K&#257bul. They returned to the Punjab, determined to seize arms and free their imprisoned comrades. They were arrested, however, at Sargodh&#257, where they were attempting to seduce the soldiers of the 22nd Cavalry to which Jagat Si&#7749gh had once belonged.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Tried in the first Lahore conspiracy case, Jagat Si&#7749gh was sentenced to death. He was hanged on 16 November 1915 along with Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh Sar&#257bh&#257.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Puri, Harish K., <i>Ghadr Movement</i>. Amritsar, 1983<BR>
<li class="C1"> Mohan, Kamlesh, <i>Militant Nationalism in the Punjab 1919-35</i>. Delhi, 1985<BR>
<li class="C1"> Kehar Singh, Bhai, and Kirpal Singh, eds., <i>Struggle for Free Hindustan</i>, vol. I. Delhi, 1986<BR>
<li class="C1"> Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh, <i><u>Gh</u>adr P&#257r&#7789&#299 Lahir</i>. Delhi, 1979<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh Deol<br></p><BR>
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