ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>NIDH&#256N SI&#7748GH CHUGGH&#256 (1855-1936)</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="NIDHN,SIDGH,CHUGGH,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279NIDH&#256N SI&#7748GH CHUGGH&#256 (1855-1936), a prominent <u>Gh</u>adr leader, was the son of Sundar Si&#7749gh of the village of Chuggh&#257, in Mog&#257 district. A militant revolutionary, he was cited by the British as "an extremely dangerous criminal and one of the worst and most important of the [<u>Gh</u>adr] conspirators." In 1882, Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh left home for Shanghai where he worked as a watchman and served as treasurer of the local Gurdw&#257r&#257. He married a Chinese woman from whom he had one son. He lived in Shanghai for many years and then migrated to the United States of America. Shortly after his arrival in the United States, the, <u>Gh</u>adr Party was formed by Indian patriots. Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh joined the Party and was elected a member of its executive committee. In April 1914, he was elected president of the then newly established <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 D&#299w&#257n Society, Stockton, California. On the outbreak of World War I, he, like other <u>Gh</u>adr leaders, returned to India to make an armed rebellion against the British. He left San Francisco on board the <i>S. S. Korea</i> on 29 August 1914. He disembarked at Nagasaki in Japan and went on to Shanghai to raise funds for the <u>Gh</u>adr Party. Money which had been collected for the <i>Komagata Maru</i> passengers, who were not allowed to land in Shanghai, was transferred to Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh. With this money and with six automatic pistols and 600 rounds of ammunition Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh left Shanghai aboard the <i>S.S. Mashima Maru</i>. This ship and the <i>Tosa Maru</i>, both carrying <u>Gh</u>adr volunteers, arrived in Penang in Malaysia approximately the same time and were detained by the British. Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh spent the time trying to seduce the troops and getting arms but without much success. He was a member of the delegation which called on the Governor of Penang, who allowed the ships to proceed.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh reached Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 on 7 November 1914. He was almost immediately assigned to making preparations for an armed uprising in the district. He played a key role in setting up factories for making bombs at Jh&#257bev&#257l and Loha&#7789ba&#7693&#299. Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh made a plan to raid the regimental magazine at F&#299rozpur Cantonment on 30 November 1914, but it did not materialize. He was arrested disguised as a wandering mendicant at the village of Kam&#257lpur&#257, along with &#7770&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh of Ch&#363ha&#7771 Chakk on 29 April 1915. Tried in the first Lahore conspiracy case, Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh was awarded death sentence which was later commuted to transportation for life.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A deeply religious person and a staunch believer in the Sikh faith, Nidh&#257n Si&#7749gh was one of the Pañj Pi&#257re who laid the foundation of the Harimandar at Pañj&#257 S&#257hib on 14 October 1932. He was president of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Lohga&#7771h (<i>D&#299n&#257</i>), and of Gurdw&#257r&#257 Sabh&#257, Mog&#257, for some time.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He died on 6 December 1936 at Mog&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Jas, Jaswant Si&#7749gh, <i>Desh Bhagat B&#257be</i>. Jalandhar, 1975<BR> <li class="C1"> Deol, Gurdev Si&#7749gh, <i>Ghadr P&#257r&#7789&#299 ate Bh&#257rat d&#257 Qaum&#299 Andolan</i>. Amritsar, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Ganguly, A.B., <i>Ghadr Movement in America</i>.<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Si&#7749gh and Satindra Si&#7749gh, <i>Ghadr 1915</i>. Delhi, 1966<BR> <li class="C1"> Randhir Si&#7749gh, <i>The Ghadr Heroes</i>. Bombay, 1945<BR> <li class="C1"><i><u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Sevak</i>. Amritsar, 11 December 1936<BR> <li class="C1"><i>Roz&#257n&#257 Aj&#299t</i>. Jalandhar, 1 May 1975<BR> <li class="C1"><i>Asl&#299 Qaum&#299 Dard</i>. 5 December 1930<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh Deol<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>