Early Days
Shanghai, China
Sikh Gurdwaras in Shanghai
Back to San Francisco
Immigration to USA/Canada
The Fight Back and Awakening
Formation of Ghadar Party
Contents
1. Dr. Mathra Singh – Before Ghadar
2. Komagata Maru
White Canada
The Charter
The Showdown at Vancouver
Journey Back – Hardship and Humiliation
Budge Budge Ghat – The Final Face-Off
3. Ghadar
India of 1914
Amritsar 1914
October 1914
Supply of Arms
November 1914
December 1914
January 1915
February 1915
Seeds of Betrayal
Buildup to a Revolution
Betrayal and a Failed Rebellion
A Daring Escape
Tirah
4. Escape to Afghanistan
Relief, Imprisonment and Release
The Berlin Committee
Turko German Mission to Kabul
Afghan Negotiations
Provisional Government of India in Exile
Approaching Russia for Help
Mission to Tashkent
Mission to Japan and Arrest
To Mashhad, Quetta and Finally Lahore
5. Lahore Case and Martyrdom
Third Supplementary Lahore Conspiracy Case
Accusations
Prosecution Witnesses
Statement of Accused Mathra Singh (Q&A)
Written Statement of Accused
Charge Sheet
Judgement
Sentence
The Last Roar of the Lion
Final Farewell
6. Labh Singh’s Story
Labh Singh’s Story
Losing Family
Amritsar – A New Beginning
Dark clouds of Partition
Fruitless Efforts For Justice From Government
7. Understanding Ghadar
Nationalism on Foreign Shores
Forging Relations With ‘Enemies of Enemy’
Understanding Failure
Great Game and Ghadar
Ghadar and India’s Freedom Struggle
Alternate History
Filtered History – Does a Nation Remember?
8. Annexure – Inheritance
The Premise
Panjab – The Land of Five Rivers
Oral History
Written History
Maharaja Ranjit Singh – Sarkar Khalsaji
Picking up the Sword Again
Chakwal and Dhudial in Jehlum District