ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RUL&#298&#256 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="RUL*,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">&#65279RUL&#298&#256 SI&#7748GH, a <u>Gh</u>adr leader, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Jagat Si&#7749gh of the village of Sar&#257bh&#257 in Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district. Because of his meagre means, he left home to seek employment outside the country. This he ultimately found in Astoria, Oregon, in the United States, where many Punjabis were working on farms. Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh Sar&#257bh&#257, then a student at the University of California, Berkeley, used to come to that area during the holidays. Rul&#299&#257 Si&#7749gh helped him secure part-time work to earn money to pay his university fees. His contact with Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh, the articles in the <i><u>Gh</u>adr</i> and speeches by the leaders of the Indian revolutionary movement had a stirring effect on him. He felt further embittered by the daily humiliations he, like other Indians, suffered as one coming from a slave country. On the outbreak of World War I, Indians in America were exhorted to return to their country and participate in an armed revolution against the British under the aegis of the <u>Gh</u>adr party. Rul&#299&#257 Si&#7749gh, now 36 years old, was one of those who responded to the call. He had neither money nor proper clothes, but he was provided with passage money by his friends.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After the attempted revolution failed, Rul&#299&#257 Si&#7749gh was arrested, along with others, and tried in the first Lahore conspiracy case. He was given the penalty of death, but the sentence was later commuted to transportation for life. Rul&#299&#257 Si&#7749gh was sent to the Andamans Cellular Jail where he was subjected to violence, put on short rations and made to wear handcuffs and bar fetters. He contracted tuberculosis which proved fatal.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Jagj&#299t Si&#7749gh, <i><u>Gh</u>adar P&#257r&#7789&#299 Lahir</i>. Delhi, 1979<BR> <li class="C1"> Sai&#7749sar&#257, Gurcharan Si&#7749gh, <i><u>Gh</u>adar P&#257r&#7789&#299 d&#257 Itih&#257s</i>. Jalandhar, 1969<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sohan Si&#7749gh Josh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>