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Eminent Grewal Personalities of Gadar Movement-5
SAJJAN SINGH GREWAL NARANGWAL
Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal
Prof Emeritus Desh Bhagat University
(Excerpts from the book Global Grewals of Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal)
Sajjan Singh was a close associate of Kartar Singh Sarabha and a leading figure of Bhai Randhir Singh Jatha. He was born to S. Miha Singh and Mai Inder Kaur of Narangwal Ludhiana. His association with Kartar Singh Sarabha started from the days of their schooling at Malwa Khalsa High School, Ludhiana. Being active in the freedom movement, he was also arrested in the second conspiracy case of Lahore. At the time of judgment the judge wrote in his orders, "From the statements of the witnesses, it appears that Sajjan Singh is more dangerous than Kartar Singh Sarabha. If he would not have been of such a young age, I would have given him the death punishment." He was given the punishment to be imprisoned in Andamans on 30 March 1916 under sec 121. All his property was also confiscated. When he was being shifted from Central Jail Rawalpindi to Andamans, at Hazari Bag he planned to run away by breaking the jail. This is a different story. When he was released after long imprisonment, his spirit for independence was still very high. After his release from imprisonment, he served Khalsa High School Mehma Singh Wala as Punjabi Teacher. Such a dedicated and committed freedom fighter is an asset to any nation. (48)
