GHADR MOVEMENT ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS VOL.I-A

LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASES I AND II (Ghadar Movement)

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GHADR MOVEMENT ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS VOL.I-A

LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASES I AND II (Ghadar Movement) With insertions by Bhagat Singh and with Individual Judgements both for the first time

Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich Harinder Singh

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Indian Freedom Movement/Ghadar Movement/ Indian Revolutionary Movement ISBN : 978-93-5113-451-0

Lahore Conspiracy Cases I and II (Ghadar Movement) Editors Prof. Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich V.P.O. Saketari, (Near Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh) District Panchkula 134109 Ph: 0172-2555314, 6576116 Email: [email protected] Facebook: Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich Prof. Harinder Singh 1357, Sector 34-C, Chandigarh First Edition: November, 2001 Titled: War Against King Emperor: Ghadr of 1914-15 A Verdict by Special Tribunal 2014 Unistar Books Pvt. Ltd. S.C.O. 26-27, Sector 34 A, Chandigarh-160022 India Ph. +91-172-5077427, 5077428 email : [email protected] Typesetting and Layout : Ramesh Kumar Printed & bound at Repro India Ltd, Mumbai. website : www.unistarbooks.com © 2014 Produced and bound in India All rights reserved This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser and without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means(electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above-mentioned publisher of this book.

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Dedicated to Students, Workers, Villagers and Army personnel Who Dared to challenge the mighty British Empire Initiating Struggle for Free India Through Ghadr of 1914-15 And Kissed the gallows Bore the tortures of Andaman Cellular Jail and other Indian Jails But refused to be cowed down.

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We are beholden to Late Bhai Sahib Balbir Singh Ji, Patron, Bhai Randhir Singh Sahib Trust for his blessings and initiative, Grateful to dear Sita Ram Bansal for provision of the photographs and Thankful to dear Ramesh Kumar for rendering this entire presentation presentable.

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We are obliged to the Shahid Bhagat Singh Memorial Museum, Kathkar Kalan authorities for providing to us a photocopy of the Judgement of Lahore Conspiracy Case-I belonging to the Martyr which had been extensively marked by him. — Editors

CONTENTS Judgements .......................................................... 1 Part I Introductory ........................................................... 2 Part II — Law Points ....................................................... 18 (1) Proof of Conspiracy. ........................................... 18 (2) Charges. .......................................................... 22 (3) Responsibility after Arrest. .................................... 24 (4) Liability of dacoits under Section 396, Indian Penal Code. ............................................................. 24 (5) Statements to Police. ........................................... 26 (6) Bakhshish Singh’s confessions to the Zaildar Gurbakhsh Singh, P.W. 124 .................................. 27 (7) Testimony of Accomplices and quasi accomplices. ....... 28 (8) Legality of pardon tendered to Umrao Singh. .............. 33 (9) Kirpal Singh Spy’s Evidence. ................................ 35 (10) Relevancy of documents found in 1909 in Bhai Parma Nand’s house and Judgement of the Magistrate in that case ....................................................... 36 (11) Objection to the Admissibility of Ichhra Singh Approver’s Statement. ......................................... 40 (12) Retracted Confessions. ......................................... 41 (13) Waging of War. ................................................. 44 (14) Approvers’ Testimony. ........................................ 44 (15) Confessions of the Accused. .................................. 86 Part III — The History of the Conspiracy and War ................ 98 A – The Revolutionists in America .............................. 98 (1) The Beginning of the Conspiracy and War. ......... 98 Ghadr Movement Original Documents I: L.C.Cs. I and II / vii

(2) Preparing for the Migration ........................... 111 (3) The Objects of going to India. ........................ 118 B – The Return to India .......................................... 124 C – The Revolutionists in India — Outline of Proceedings in India. ........................................................ 134 I – Internal Arrangements ............................... 146 (1) Use of False Names. ............................ 146 (2) “Post Office” Accused. ......................... 147 (3) The Amritsar Houses. ........................... 149 (4) The Lahore Houses. ............................. 151 (5) Arrangements to meet in India. ............... 154 II – The Gatherings of the Revolutionists ............. 155 (1) Meetings of Revolutionists in India........... 155 (2) Men at Amritsar. ................................ 157 (3) Men in Ludhiana. ............................... 159 (4) Men at Lohatbadi and Raikote ................. 160 (5) Men at Lahore. .................................. 160 (6) The Affair at Jhar Sahib. ....................... 161 III – Activities of the Revolutionists ..................... 163 (1) The Movements of Marauding Gangs. ....... 163 (2) The Seduction of Students. .................... 165 (3) The Seduction of Villagers. .................... 167 (4) The Seduction of Troops. ...................... 178 (5) The Use and Distribution of Seditious Literature. ........................................ 197 (6) The Manufacture of Bombs. ................... 209 (7) The Collection of Arms. ....................... 232 (8) The Dacoities. .................................... 251 (9) The Collection of Funds. ....................... 254 (10) The Looting of Government Treasuries. ..... 256 (11) The Collection of Animals. .................... 258 (12) The Murder of Europeans, Officials and Loyal Indians................................ 258 (13) Jail Breaking...................................... 260 (14) The Revolutionary Flag. ....................... 261 (15) The Destruction of Railways and Telegraphs . 263 (16) The Local Collections of men for the Rising 265 (17) Arrangements for the Rising ................... 266 viii / Ghadr Movement Original Documents I: L.C.Cs. I and II

The Ferozepore Raid ............................ 268 IV – The Spy and the Collapse. .......................... 277 V – Activities of the Revolutionists After the 19th February .......................................... 280 D – The Connection of The Revolutionists With Germany. 288 E – Final Conclusions. ............................................ 291 (a) Lahore Conspiracy Case ............................... 291 (b) Supplementary Lahore Conspiracy Case ............ 295 F – Waging War and Abetment Thereof ..................... 300 (a) Tribunal’s Observations in Lahore Conspiracy Case ....................................................... 300 (b) Tribunal’s Observations in Supplementary Lahore Conspiracy Case ............................... 304 (c) Editorial Note on the Issue — Waging of War Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich ........................ 307 APPENDIX I “KHALSA PAMPHLET” ............................ 311 APPENDIX II An American Lawyer’s Opinion on “Free Hindustan” Newspaper. ........................ 318 APPENDIX III A Copy of Rules and Regulations of “THE HINDUSTAN ASSOCIATION OF VANCOUVER” Dated 23rd August, 1910. ....... 322 APPENDIX IV Khalsa Advocate Editorial, 26 June 1915: Guru Gobind Singh’s Prophesy about the British Rule .............................................. 330 APPENDIX V Khalsa Advocate Editorial, 18 Sept. 1915: The Lahore Conspiracy Case ......................... 333

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