Bhai Hari Singh, son of Bhai Deva Singh was born at village Bilaspur (district Firozpur). When he grew up he joined the British Indian army. During the Gurdwara Reform movement he stopped tying his beards. He was given imprisonment of 28 days for keeping flowing beards. He resigned the army and returned home. During the Jaito agitation, he joined the Third Shaheedi Jatha to Jaito, on March 3, 1924. The Jatha reached Jaito on April 7, 1924. At Jaito, the Jatha was arrested. Bhai Hari Singh died in jail due to torture and inhuman conditions.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)