FAMILIES OF KARMUWALA

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Explore seventeen family stories connected with Karmuwala and Gharka, following lives in Shanghai, Singapore, Manila, Rangoon and Vancouver. Migration records, military documents and accounts of the freedom movement help trace these journeys.

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01Attar SinghSon of Hira SinghShanghaiGharkaRead story and sources

02Bahadur SinghSon of Sunder Singh and Attri12th Frontier Force RegimentKarmuwalaGharkaWorld War IIRead story and sources

03Bhan SinghSon of Wasakha SinghShanghaiINAGharkaWorld War IIRead story and sources

04Chanchal SinghSon of Bishan SinghSingaporeINAGharkaWorld War IIRead story and sources

05Chet SinghSon of Jhanda Singh56th Punjabi RiflesKarmuwalaWorld War IRead story and sources

06Dalip SinghSon of Jowahar SinghRangoonINAKarmuwalaGharkaWorld War IIRead story and sources

07Hazara SinghSon of Badan SinghShanghaiINAGharkaWorld War IIRead story and sources

08Jai Singh (also known as Nir Bhai Singh)Son of Mehtab SinghManilaKarmuwalaRead story and sources

09Jaswant SinghSon of Dara SinghGharkaINAWorld War IIRead story and sources

10Kharak SinghSon of Sham SinghGharkaRead story and sources

11Mangal SinghSon of Wasakha SinghManilaSan FranciscoNippon MaruGharkaRead story and sources

12Prem Singh: wartime service and remembranceSon of Chogatta/Jagat Singh56th Punjabi RiflesWorld War IGharkaRead story and sources

Rajinder Singh, from the framed family portrait

13Rajind and Sundar SinghSons of Chanda SinghKarmuwalaRead story and sources

Santokh Singh

14Santokh SinghSon of Bhagat SinghGharkaLahoreRead story and sources

15Sundar SinghSon of Chanda SinghVancouverKarmuwalaRead story and sources

16Sunder SinghSon of Pal SinghShanghaiINAGharkaWorld War IIRead story and sources

17Teja SinghSon of Labh Singh and DialoKarmuwalaIndian EngineersWorld War IIRead story and sources