ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>KEHAR SI&#7748GH</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="KEHAR,SIDGH"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279KEHAR SI&#7748GH, a <u>Gh</u>adr leader, was the son of Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh of the village of Marh&#257&#7751&#257 in Amritsar district. Like many other farmers from his district, he left home to seek his fortune in the United States of America. Responding to the call of the <u>Gh</u>adr Party to make a revolution in India, he set out on return journey and arrived at Delhi in January 1915. By now he was 62 years old. He was arrested and tried in the first Lahore conspiracy case. The charges against him were that he had in his possession three revolvers, ammunition, and three bombs; that he had contributed Rs 1,000 to the common fund at one time and Rs 100 at another, and that a spy, Kirp&#257l Si&#7749gh, had met him and others on 18 February 1915 at the village of Dadehar and had exchanged certain articles for three inkpot bombs, some phials and a bottle of acid.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kehar Si&#7749gh was sentenced to transportation for life and forfeiture of property. He died in the A&#7751&#7693amans where he continued fighting till the end against the inhuman 'treatment meted out to the prisoners.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sai&#7749sar&#257, G.S. <i><u>Gh</u>adar P&#257r&#7789&#299 d&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Jalandhar, n.d.<BR> <li class="C1"> Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh, <i><u>Gh</u>adar P&#257r&#7789&#299 Lahir</i>. Delhi, 1979<BR> <li class="C1"> N&#257har Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Az&#257d&#299 di&#257&#7749 Lahir&#257&#7749</i>. Ludhiana, 1960<BR> <li class="C1"> Mathur, J.P., <i>Indian Revolutionary Movement in the United States of America</i>. Delhi, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sohan Si&#7749gh Josh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>