ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RATAN SINGH BH&#256&#298 (d.1943)</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="RATAN,SINGH,BH*"> <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">&#65279RATAN SINGH, BH&#256&#298 (d.1943), alias Sant&#257 Si&#7749gh, alias &#298shar Si&#7749gh, son of Nih&#257l Si&#7749gh, of R&#257ipur Do&#257b&#257, in Jalandhar district, served in the Indian army before migrating to Fiji Islands in 1914 from where he moved to Vancouver. While in Vancouver, he was drawn into the <u>Gh</u>adr movement. He was nominated a member of the Shore Committee to help the <i>Komagata Maru</i> passengers land on Canadian soil. Ratan Si&#7749gh travelled widely in Europe and Latin America enlisting support for the <u>Gh</u>adr party. He visited Moscow twice, first with Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh in 1923 and then alone. In Moscow, he met Lenin and other Russian leaders and attended the Fourth Congress of the Communist International. He carried the Communist International message to many European countries and visited India incognito several times. He also helped with funds collected abroad the Punjabi magazine, <i>Kirt&#299</i>, launched by Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh from Amritsar in February 1926.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ratan Si&#7749gh died in a hospital in Italy in September 1943.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Josh, Sohan Singh, <i>Tragedy of Komagata Maru</i>. Delhi, 1975<BR> <li class="C1"> Johnston, Hugh, <i>The Voyage of the Komagata Maru</i>. Delhi, 1979<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sohan Si&#7749gh Josh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>