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<p class="C1">&#65279KARAM SI&#7748GH (d. 1923), Babar revolutionary, was born Narai&#7751 Si&#7749gh at the village of Daulatpur, in Jalandhar district. Narai&#7751 Si&#7749gh attended the village school and in 1912 left home to seek his fortune in Canada. In Canada he came under the influence of As&#257 Si&#7749gh alias Maht&#257b Si&#7749gh, who had been active in the <u>Gh</u>adr revolution. Fired with patriotic zeal, Narai&#7751 Si&#7749gh returned to India in 1914, and received at Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib the rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, and his new name Karam Si&#7749gh. As an Ak&#257l&#299 <i>jathed&#257r</i>, he addressed meetings in the countryside inciting people to rise against the British. He formed a terrorist group, Chakravart&#299 Jath&#257, which counted among its members &#256s&#257 Si&#7749gh Bhakrud&#299, Karam Si&#7749gh Jhi&#7749ga&#7771, Dal&#299p Si&#7749gh Gosal and Dhann&#257 Si&#7749gh of Bahibalpur.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	A political conference convened by Karam Si&#7749gh at Mahitpur in February 1921 initiated a campaign for indoctrination in armed revolution. Major <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> took place at M&#257halpur (March 1921), at Kukka&#7771 Muz&#257r&#257 (October 1921), at Ko&#7789 Fat&#363h&#299 (February 1922) and at Kaulga&#7771h (May 1922). Karam Si&#7749gh also sponsored the publication of a radical paper in Punjabi, the <i>Babar Ak&#257l&#299 Do&#257b&#257</i>. He brought out the first three issues, dated 20, 21 and 24 August 1922, after which Kishan Si&#7749gh Ga&#7771gajj took over the editorship. Meanwhile, the police cordon tightened. As a result of the treachery of An&#363p Si&#7749gh M&#257nko, who pretended to be a helper of the Babar Ak&#257l&#299s, Karam Si&#7749gh, Bishan Si&#7749gh of M&#257&#7749ga&#7789, Ude Si&#7749gh of R&#257mga&#7771h Jhug&#299&#257&#7749 and Mohindar Si&#7749gh of Pa&#7751&#7693or&#299 Ga&#7749g&#257 Si&#7749gh were surrounded by a police party at the village of Bambel&#299 on 1 September 1923, and killed to a man in what was clearly an unequal fight.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh, <i>History of the Babar Akalis</i>. Jalandhar, 1987<BR>
<li class="C1"> Sundar Si&#7749gh, <i>Babbar Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir</i>. Amritsar, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Nijjar, Milkh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Babar Ak&#257l&#299 Lahir d&#257 ltih&#257s</i>. Delhi, 1986<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Kamlesh Mohan<br></p><BR>
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