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FAUJA SINGH (JAITO) (2)


Bhai Fauja Singh, a resident of village Gaggo Buha (district Amritsar), joined the Fifth Shaheedi Jatha to Jaito. The Jatha left Lyallpur for Amritsar on April 12, 1924 and Amritsar for Jaito on April 26, 1924 and reached Jaito on May 21, 1924. At Jaito, the Jatha was arrested. Bhai Fauja Singh died in jail due to torture and inhuman conditions.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)