Saheed Kartar Singh Saraba

Kartar Singh Sarabha
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Born	24 May 1896 Sarabha Village, Ludhiana, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
Died	16 November 1915 (aged 19) Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Organization	Ghadar Party
Known for	Most active member Ghadar Party
Movement	Indian Independence movement

Kartar Singh Sarabha (Punjabi: ਕਰਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਰਾਭਾ (Gurmukhi); کرتار سنگھ سرابھا (Shahmukhi); 24 May 1896 – 16 November 1915) was an Indian Sikh revolutionary who is among the most famous and reputed martyrs of Punjab. He was only 17 years old when he became a member of Ghadar Party, then came up as a leading luminary member and started fight for an independent India. He was one the most active persons in the movement. Singh was executed at Lahore in November 1915 for his role in the movement in February 1915 when he was only 19 years old.

Kartar Singh Sarabha Grewal was born on 24 May 1896 in Ludhiana, Punjab India into a Sikh family in village Sarabha, district Ludhiana, Punjab. His father was Sardar Mangal Singh Grewal and his mother was Sahib Kaur. When he was very young, his father died and his grandfather Badan Singh Grewal brought him up. After receiving his initial education in his village, Kartar Singh entered the Malwa Khalsa high school in Ludhiana; he studied until 8th standard. Then he went to his uncle (father's brother) in Orissa and stayed there for over a year, During this time he took lessons for standard 10 from a high school in Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Orissa.

After coming back to his grandfather, his family decided to board him to the United States for higher studies. He sailed to San Francisco in July 1912. He was supposed to get enrolled in University of California, Berkeley but for some unknown reasons he did not take admission in any college. In a historical note by Baba Jwala Singh, what mentioned is that when i went to Astoria, Oregon in December 1912 i found Kartar Singh working in a mill factory. Most of the people will say that he studied in the respective college but the college itself did not get any record of enrollment with his name.