Sohan Singh Bhakna
Sohan Singh Bhakna | |
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| Born | 4 January 1870 |
| Died | 20 December 1968 (aged 98) |
| Organization(s) | Ghadar Party, Babbar Akali Movement, Kisan Sabha |
| Political party | Communist Party of India |
| Movement | Indian independence movement, 1907 Punjab unrest, Ghadar Conspiracy. |
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Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna (4 January 1870 – 20 December 1968) was a Sikh revolutionary, the founding president of the Ghadar Party, and a leading member of the party involved in the Ghadar Conspiracy of 1915. Tried at the Lahore Conspiracy trial, Sohan Singh served sixteen years of a life sentence for his part in the conspiracy before he was released in 1930. He later worked closely with the Indian labour movement, devoting considerable time to the Kisan Sabha.