Sardar Ajit Singh

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Sardar Ajit Singh Sindhu was born in a military family from Punjab in India. He was the first man in the Punjab who resented the high-handedness of the British rule, and he openly criticized the government. He was declared a political rebel and he had to spend all his life in jail.

Sardar Ajit Singh was the uncle of Sardar Bhagat Singh.

He was born at Khatkarkalan village in Jalandhar District. He studied at D.A.V. College, Lahore and later on Law College, Barreily.He plunged into the freedom movement and left his law studies. In 1907, he was deported to Mandalay Jail in Burma along with Lala Lajpat Rai. After his release, he fled to Iran. From there, he traveled to Rome, Geneva, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro.

In 1918, he came in close contact with the Ghadar Party in San Francisco. In 1939, he returned to Europe and later on helped Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in his mission in Italy. In 1946, he came back to India at the invitation of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. After spending some time in Delhi, he came to Dalhousie.

On August 15, 1947 he breathed his last breath. On this date India got its Independence. His last words were, "Thank God, my mission is fulfilled."

A samadhi in his memory is at Panjpula, a popular and scenic picnic spot in Dalhousie.