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JIWA SINGH (JAITO)


Bhai Jiwa Singh, a resident of village Pansattan (district Kapurthala), joined the Seventh Shaheedi Jatha to Jaito. The Jatha left Anandpur Sahib for Jaito on June 1, 1924 and reached Jaito on June 29, 1924. At Jaito, the Jatha was arrested. Bhai Jiwa Singh died in jail due to torture and inhuman conditions.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)