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'@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} [[File:Sardar Ajit Singh 1999 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Sardar Ajit Singh on a 1999 stamp of India]] -'''Sardar Ajit Singh ''' (23 February 1881 — 15 August 1947) was a [[revolutionary]], an [[India]]n [[dissident]], and a [[nationalist]] during the time of British rule in India. With compatriots, he organised agitation by Punjabi peasants against anti-farmer laws known as the Punjab Colonisation Act (Amendment) 1906 and administrative orders increasing water rate charges. He was an early [[protester]] in the Punjab region of India who challenged [[British India|British rule]], and openly criticized the Indian colonial government. In May 1907, With [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], he was exiled to [[Mandalay]] in [[British rule in Burma|Burma]]. Due to great public pressure and apprehension of unrest in the Indian Army, the bills of exile were withdrawn and both men were released in October 1907. +'''Sardar Ajit Singh ''' (23 February 1881 — 15 August 1947) was a [[revolutionary]], an [[India]]n [[dissident]], and a [[nationalist]] during the time of British rule in India. With compatriots, he organized agitation by Punjabi pesants against anti-farmer laws known as the Punjab Colonisation Act (Amendment) 1906 and administrative orders increasing water rate charges. He was an early [[protester]] in the Punjab region of India who challenged [[British India|British rule]], and openly criticized the Indian colonial government. In May 1907, With [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], he was exiled to [[Mandalay]] in [[British rule in Burma|Burma]]. Due to great public pressure and apprehension of unrest in the Indian Army, the bills of exile were withdrawn and both men were released in October 1907. With his brothers Kishan Singh (1878 — 5 July 1951) and Swaran Singh (1887 — 20 July 1910), and [[Sufi Amba Prasad|Sufi Amba Parshad]], he continued publishing political literature about how the British Government of India was planning to arrest them and put them in prison long-term. Along with Sufi Amba Parshad, he escaped to Iran in 1909, remaining in exile for 38 years. He returned to India in March 1947, breathing his last on the morning of 15 August 1947 at [[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]], [[East Punjab]] the very day India was declared independent of British rule. @@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ ==Dissident activities== -In 1907, he was deported to [[Mandalay]] Jail in [[Burma]] along with [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]. After his release, he fled to [[Qajar Iran|Iran]], rapidly developed as a centre for revolutionary activities by groups led by Sardar Ajit Singh and [[Sufi Amba Prasad]] who had worked there since 1909. The recruits to these groups included young [[nationalists]] of the likes of Rhishikesh Letha, Zia-ul-Haq, Thakur Das Dhuri. By 1910, the activities of these groups and their publication, the Hayat, had been noticed by the British intelligence.<ref name=Yadav30>{{Citation +In 1907, he was deported to [[Mandalay]] Jail in [[Burma]] along with [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]. After his release, he fled to [[Qajar Iran|Iran]],He lived in the city of Shiraz, under the name Mirza Hasan Khan, earning his living as a teacher. After spending some time in Iran, Singh went to Paris, leaving behind his colleague Amba Prasad to continue with the work in Iran. Amba Prasad was killed in 1917 in Shiraz fighting alongside Iranian nationalists against the British army rapidly developed as a centre for revolutionary activities by groups led by Sardar Ajit Singh and [[Sufi Amba Prasad]] who had worked there since 1909. The recruits to these groups included young [[nationalists]] of the likes of Rhishikesh Letha, Zia-ul-Haq, Thakur Das Dhuri. By 1910, the activities of these groups and their publication, the Hayat, had been noticed by the British intelligence.<ref name=Yadav30>{{Citation | surname1 = Yadav | given1 = B.D @@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ }}</ref> Reports as early as 1910 indicated German efforts to unite Turkey and Persia and proceed to Afghanistan to threaten British India.<ref name=Yadav30/> However, Ajit Singh's departure in 1911 brought the Indian revolutionary activities to a grinding halt, while British representations to [[Persia]] successfully curbed whatever activity that remained in the country.<ref name=Yadav30/> 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 went to [[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]]. +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 went to [[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]] house. Singh died on 15 August 1947. A [[samadhi]] in his memory is at Panjpula, a popular and scenic picnic spot in Dalhousie. '