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Born in village Kaunke Kalan in 1949, Gurdev Singh. His grandfather was a companion of the Sikh Saint Baba Nand Singh. Gurdev Ji was raised in a devout religious environment. He enrolled in the Damdami Taksal in the late 1950s. He was a devout Sikh who was later appointed....... 
His estate was seized, he was deposed and escorted out of his Kingdom by a military detachment of the Army initially to Dehradun where he was placed under supervision in 1923 and granted an allowance. In 1927 he undertook pilgrimage & Khalsa initiation. He took the name of .... 
On the intervening night of 5th and 6th Guruji along with his loyal band of followers crossed Sirsa. The Haveli at Chamkaur owned by a local chief was on the way when Wazir Khan & his large detachment pursued Guruji. The younger brother allowed Guruji refuge at their haveli. 
In his youth he was blessed with the association of Guru Gobind Singh Ji who taught him use of weaponry and from Bhai Mani Singh he learnt Gurmukhi & apt interpretation of Guruji's edicts. In 1702 he returned to his village but was summoned back on 1705 at Talwandi Sabo. 
When Sikh families migrated to Punjab, Bhai Jaitha's family returned to Ramdas village & lived with Bhai Guruditta. Later he was married to Bibi Raj Kaur.
Villagers have become victims of ground water contamination that has given rise to cases of Hepatits B and Cancer. The ethanol plant owned by Malbros Industries in the vicinity has been the site of numerous controversies concerning adherence to safety standards of operation. 
The 4th August issue of Ghadar Weekly came out exhorting the diaspora to go back to India to liberate it from the yolk of Colonialism. It was an open call for revolt. An assurance of German assistance was made the Ghadarites were incited to kill every English oppressor in sight. 
The fundamentals of the Movement may be crystallized into the following denominators that losely serves as an index to the Ideology developed by the Ghadarites.
The Monarch hill, where Baba Sohan Singh Ji worked had nearly 200 workers living in vicinity. He mobilized them into contributing towards the Ghadar Movement and listened to their grievances along with Har Dayal.Most workers had earned substantially and purchased properties. 
A famous couplet among the diaspora captures the mood of the times --- 
Ghadar Movement. In this trail I have attempted to highlight the plight of the diaspora who migrated there and battled extraordinary odds to gain a permanent foothold.The Punjab was annexed by the British in 1849 after a series of Anglo Sikh wars. It led to British forays into... 
It will an insufficient tribute if I merely brush over some of the events, hence a deeper narration will do justice to their memory.
He was forced to pay an annual tribute to Nadir Shah under that arrangement. He continued his predecessor's policy of persecution and disallowed Sikhs from entering Amritsar for pilgrimage. It was somewhere in 1738 that two brave men decided to flout the imperial directive. 
His forces laid Punjab to waste during their invasions which began with Abdali crossing over Indus in 1748.Lahore was the first victim of invasion followed by areas of Punjab in 1749. 
1849 saw the demise of the glorious multiculturism under the Sikh Empire and the dawn of British rule. The British reversed the pluralism and encouraged religious proselytism and contestation among the natives to facilitate their administrative agendas. 
Now let us travel back to 1799. Baba Balak Singh was born in Attock district. He started early as a preacher and advocate of religious purity in Sikhism. Some tharditions maintain that Baba Balak Singh was a disciple of Bhagat Jawar Mal popularly known as Sian Sahib. 
The bill was a tact employed by the Government to usurb private land. It clearly stated that any agrarian land without a heir whose owner; in the event of the owner's demise will stand expropriated by the British Government.
....centered around Jullundur and Hoshiarpur. They moved from place to place conveying their viewpoint to the provincial inhabitants. They exhorted people to follow the path of armed insurrection.
The wing that endorsed a more aggressive approach departing from the Gandian doctrine of passive suffering at the hands of oppressors. They advocated a militant approach rooted in armed resistance. This splinter group parted ways with the dominant Akali leadership. 
A particular time of the day was fixed for accepting offering of Karan Prasad for Mazhabi Sikhs. On any other hour Karan Prasad offering and prayers were refused from them by the Mahants. Such was the extreme practice of casteist Brahminical practices in those times. 