Gulab Kaur (Aged 51) was born in 1890 in Bakshiwala, Sangrur, Punjab, India. She was married to Mann Singh and together they went to Manila, Philippines with the intention of ultimately migrating to America. While in Manila, Gulab Kaur joined the Ghadar Party, an organization founded by Indian immigrants with the aim of liberating the Indian Subcontinent from British Rule.
In disguise, Gulab Kaur kept vigil on the party’s printing press. Posing as a journalist with a press pass in hand, she distributed arms to Ghadar Party members. She also encouraged others to join the party by distributing independence literature and delivering inspiring speeches to Indian passengers of ships. Along with around fifty other freedom fighters of the Philippines, Gulab Kaur joined the S.S. Korea batch and sailed for India, changing to Tosha Maru at Singapore.
After reaching India, she, along with some other revolutionaries, was active in the villages of Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, and Jalandhar, mobilizing the masses for an armed revolution for the cause of the country’s independence. For seditious acts, she was sentenced to two years in prison in Lahore, which was then in British-India and now in Pakistan. She passed away in 1941.
Gulab Kaur
(1890 – 1941) – (Punjab)
Gulab Kaur (Aged 51) was born in 1890 in Bakshiwala, Sangrur, Punjab, India. She was married to Mann Singh and together they went to Manila, Philippines with the intention of ultimately migrating to America. While in Manila, Gulab Kaur joined the Ghadar Party, an organization founded by Indian immigrants with the aim of liberating the Indian Subcontinent from British Rule.
In disguise, Gulab Kaur kept vigil on the party’s printing press. Posing as a journalist with a press pass in hand, she distributed arms to Ghadar Party members. She also encouraged others to join the party by distributing independence literature and delivering inspiring speeches to Indian passengers of ships. Along with around fifty other freedom fighters of the Philippines, Gulab Kaur joined the S.S. Korea batch and sailed for India, changing to Tosha Maru at Singapore.
After reaching India, she, along with some other revolutionaries, was active in the villages of Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, and Jalandhar, mobilizing the masses for an armed revolution for the cause of the country’s independence. For seditious acts, she was sentenced to two years in prison in Lahore, which was then in British-India and now in Pakistan. She passed away in 1941.
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