Families of Karmuwala

Last Updated 12 Feb 2021

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Attar Singh

Son of Hira Singh from village Gharka.  Returned to India after period of 2 months in Shanghai on 26 Sep 1914 via the SS Komagata Maru.

 

Sources:

[1] – Return of Indians from America and the Far East. Decision that the Cost of Telegrams sent by the Colonial Secetary Hong Kong on the Subject should be Debited to the Government of India

SS Komagata Maru
List of Punjabi Emigrants who returned to India on 26 September 1914
Bahadur Singh

Born in 1923 to Sunder Singh and Attri, of Karmuwala, Gharka, Amritsar, India. Served in the 12th Frontier Force Regiment 3rd Royal Bn as a Sepoy (Service No 16313).  Died in WW2 on 15 May 1944  at the age  of 21. [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Commonwealth War Graves CASSINO MEMORIAL Panel 19. Italy

Bhan Singh

Son of Wasakha Singh; b. 1894, v. & p.o. Gharka, t. Tarn Taran, dt. Amritsar; occ. Agriculture; served Shanghai Municipal Police as Constable No. 20; joined I.N.A. as Volunteer; contributed 7000 dollars to the I N.A. fund. [1] It is not clear if he is the Bhan Singh who had subdued Harbant Singh, the assassin of Buddha Singh (on 6 Apr 1927) in Shanghai.

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 1

[2] – RED TURBANS ON THE BUND: SIKH MIGRANTS, POLICEMEN, AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN SHANGHAI, 1885-1945

Chanchal Singh

Son of Bishan Singh; b. 1914, v. & p.o. Gharka, t. Tarn Taran, dt. Amritsar; ed. knows Urdu; occ. Agriculture; was a Watchman in Singapore; contributed 1000 dollars to the I.N.A. fund; joined I.N.A. as Volunteer. [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 1

Chet Singh

Son of Jhanda Singh, of Karmu Wala, Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Punjab. Served as a Lance Naik (Service No: 2091) in the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) 1st Bn and died in WW1  on 02 November 1917. [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Commonwealth War Graves – Basra Memorial Panel 53

Dalip Singh

Son of Jowahar Singh s/o Bhan Singh ; b. 1919, v. Karmuwala, p.o. Gharka,t. Tarn Taran, dt. Amritsar; occ. Agriculture; joined the Indian Army. on 11 April, 1937 as Sepoy No. 11251 and served with the 1/15th Pb. Regt.; joined I.N.A. in 1942 as Hav. No. 54836 at Rangoon, taken P.O.W.; brought to India and was kept in Jigar Kacha Camp; released in June, 1946. [1] [2] Based on jammabandi records from 1958 Dalip Singh also had a brother, Santa Singh.

From the Nominal Rolls of the INA, it appears he was absorbed initially as a Sepoy in the Bahadur Group of INA. He was also recorded as 176cm (5foot 9.5 inch) tall in Indian Army records

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 1

[2] – Nominal Rolls & Orders of Indian National Army- 1943 to 1945. (found at Sime Road Camp-On 5th Nov 45)

Dalip Singh on INA Nominal Rolls 1943 1945
Hazara Singh

Son of Badan Singh; b. 1909, v. & p.o. Gharka, t. Tarn Taran dt. Amritsar; ed. literate; occ. Agri- culture; served in Shanghai Municipal Police as Warder No. 17; contributed 1200 dollars to the I.N.A. fund; joined I.N.A. [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 1

Jai Singh (alias Nir Bhai Singh)

Son of Mehtab Singh from village Karmuwala.  Returned to India from Manila on 8 Jan 1914 via the SS Lopez and Kistana Maru.

 

Sources:

[1] – Return of Indians from America and the Far East. Decision that the Cost of Telegrams sent by the Colonial Secetary Hong Kong on the Subject should be Debited to the Government of India

SS Lopez
List of Punjabi Emigrants who returned to India on 8 January 1914
Jaswant Singh

Son of Dara Singh: 1924; v. & p.o. Gharka, t. Tarn Taran, dt. Amritsar; ed. literate; occ- Agriculture; served l.N.A. for 4 years in Propaganda Department [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 2

Kharak Singh

Son of Sham Singh from village Gharka.  Returned to India from Old Sumatra on 20 Nov 1914 via the SS Salamis.

 

Sources:

[1] – Return of Indians from America and the Far East. Decision that the Cost of Telegrams sent by the Colonial Secetary Hong Kong on the Subject should be Debited to the Government of India

SS Salamis
List of Punjabi Emigrants who returned to India on 20 November 1914
Mangal Singh

Son of Wasakha Singh from village Gharka.  Returned to India from Manila on 8 Jan 1914 via the SS Lopez and Kistana Maru.

 

Sources:

[1] – Return of Indians from America and the Far East. Decision that the Cost of Telegrams sent by the Colonial Secetary Hong Kong on the Subject should be Debited to the Government of India

SS Lopez
List of Punjabi Emigrants who returned to India on 8 January 1914
Families of Karmuwala (Santokh Singh)
Santokh Singh

Son of Bhagat Singh; b. 1923, v. Gharka, t. Tarn Taran, dt. Amritsar;dt. Amritsar; ed. literate; occ. Agriculture; took part in Kissan morchas 1938 and 1939; underwent 9 months’ imprisonment in Lahore Jail. [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 2

Sundar Singh

Son of Chanda Singh from village Karmuwala.  Returned to India from Vancouver  on 11 Nov 1914 via the SS Kum Sang.

 

Sources:

[1] – Return of Indians from America and the Far East. Decision that the Cost of Telegrams sent by the Colonial Secetary Hong Kong on the Subject should be Debited to the Government of India

SS Kum Sang
List of Punjabi Emigrants who returned to India on 11 November 1914
Sunder Singh

Son of Pal Singh; b. 1900, v. & p.o. Gharka, t. Tarn Taran, dt. Amritsar; occ. Agriculture; served Shanghai Municipal Police as constable No. 535; donated 6100 dollars to I.N.A. funds; joined I.N.A. as volunteer. [1]

 

Sources:

[1] – Who’s Who Punjab Freedom Fighters Vol 2