Ganda Singh, whose home town was

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in India, was a prominent member of the

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. He spent some time in

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, China, where he met Chiang Kai-shek. in 1926, and M. N. Roy, in 1927. On the occasion of the visit of the former, he was reported to have made an anti-British speech, whilst he participated in the reception for Roy's visit to the Sikh

gurdwara A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...

that formed a hub for Ghadarite activity. Singh was then on the staff of the ''Hindustan Ghadar Dhandora''. He moved to

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in October 1927, where he worked as editor of the ''Hindustan Ghadar Dhandora'' and also managed a branch of the ''Eastern Oppressed Peoples Association. He was joined in his 1927 move to Nanking by Arjun Singh and Udham Singh, and by others in 1929. Thereafter, he was among a group of Ghadar Party leaders who were deported from the country.

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