Early life

   Kartar Singh Sarabha was born into a Sikh family at village Sarabha in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab in British India,on 24 May 1896. His father’s name was Sardar Mangal Singh. His mother’s name was Sahib Kaur. He was still very young when his father died.

    His grandfather brought him up with great care.After receiving initial education in his own village, Kartar Singh entered the Malwa Khalsa High school at Ludhiana for his matriculation. He was in tenth class when he went to live with his uncle in Orissa where, after finishing high school, he joined college. When he was fifteen, his parents put him on board a ship for America to work there.

   The ship landed at the American port of San Francisco in January 1912. The American Immigration officer put Indians through rigorous questioning while people of other countries were allowed to pass after slight checks. Kartar....