Archival Overview
Heroic revolutionary of the international Ghadar Party executed in the Lahore Conspiracy Case at just 19 years old, revered as Bhagat Singh's principal inspiration.
Biographical Record
Kartar Singh Sarabha was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, and sailed to San Francisco in 1912 to study electrical engineering at UC Berkeley. Witnessing the discrimination faced by Indian immigrants, he joined Lala Har Dayal and Sohan Singh Bhakna in founding the revolutionary Ghadar Party.
Sarabha edited the party's newspaper and returned to India in 1914 to incite a mutiny among Indian soldiers during World War I. Betrayed by an informant, he was convicted in the Lahore Conspiracy trial and hanged at age nineteen, famously singing patriotic verses on the scaffold.
Key Life Milestones
Publishing Ghadar Newspaper
Printed and disseminated revolutionary anti-colonial literature across North America and Asia.
Martyrdom at 19
Hanged in Lahore Central Jail, declaring his unwavering devotion to Indian liberation.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialSarabha, India