Munsha Singh Dukhi
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Munsha Singh Dukhi (1 July 1890 – 26 January 1971) was an Indian national revolutionary and poet, who fought for the
Independence of India The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British Raj, British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic ...
from the
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. He belonged to the
Ghadar Party The Ghadar Movement or Ghadar Party was an early 20th-century, international political movement founded by expatriate Panjabi s to overthrow British rule in India. Many of the Ghadar Party founders and leaders, including Sohan Singh Bhakna, ...
. He was tried under third
Lahore Conspiracy Case trial 1915 Lahore Conspiracy Case trial or First Lahore Conspiracy Case, was a series of trials held in Lahore (then part of the undivided Punjab of British India), and in the United States, in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy from 26 Apr ...
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Life

He was born on 1 July 1890 at Jandiala, in Jalandhar district of the
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. He had his education informally, and acquired a good working knowledge of English,
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See also

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Lahore Conspiracy Case trial 1915 Lahore Conspiracy Case trial or First Lahore Conspiracy Case, was a series of trials held in Lahore (then part of the undivided Punjab of British India), and in the United States, in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy from 26 Apr ...
*
Ghadar Party The Ghadar Movement or Ghadar Party was an early 20th-century, international political movement founded by expatriate Panjabi s to overthrow British rule in India. Many of the Ghadar Party founders and leaders, including Sohan Singh Bhakna, ...
*
Kartar Singh Sarabha Kartar Singh Sarabha (24 May 1896 — 16 November 1915) was a prominent Indian revolutionary and a key figure in the Ghadar Movement against the British Raj. Born in Sarabha village, Ludhiana, he went to the U.S. for studies but became deeply i ...
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Hindu–German Conspiracy The Hindu–German Conspiracy (Note on the name) were a series of attempts between 1914 and 1917 by Indian nationalist groups to create a pan-Indian rebellion against the British Empire during World War I. This rebellion was formulated betw ...


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Other sources

* Ghadar Party Da Itihas, Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall Committee, Jullundur * Unpublished Account of Ghadar Party Conspiracy Cases, 1914-1918 by Isemonger and Slattery {{Authority control Ghadar Party 1971 deaths Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Indian revolutionaries Punjabi Sikhs People from Jalandhar 1890 births