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by Anita Anand


  and Diwan Singh’s sons, 235

  dragged from courtroom dock, 307

  and Dyer, 127–8

  and dying brother, 55, 299

  early carpentry by, 36

  to east Africa, 131

  endorsed passport of, 214

  and errand boys, 69

  fifteen days’ police questioning by, 192–4

  final return to India by, and procession, 310–13

  fired, as Singh Azad, 249

  forced prison feeding of, 14

  freedom of, to get to England, 208

  and French-presence mystery, 241

  fresh returns from Russia by, 227–8

  German endorsements sought by, 220

  growing file of, 225

  guilt result on, 306

  Gurbachan Singh meets, 213

  hanged, 308

  headlines dominated by, 12

  hero and opposite seen of, 3–4

  how massacre transformed, 112

  and hues of human frailty, 112

  hunger striking by, in prison, 13, 306

  imprisoned for five years, 197

  Inquilab! (‘Revolution!’) post-trial call by, 307

  and insolence, 59–60

  judge passes death sentence on, 307

  to Kashmir after jail, 202

  and lacking skills, 155

  length of trial of, 305–6

  and London network, 156

  and magistrates appearances, 195, 278

  and massacre day, 110

  and Maude’s railways, 59

  mechanic’s work by, 167

  metal belonging to, 111

  Mexico reached by, 159

  motorbike of, 133, 135, 151, 204, 209, 216

  movie roles by, 223–4

  naturalised, 170

  new ID pinned to, 58

  new low hours for, 130

  New Scotland Yard report on, 222–3

  and ‘obscene postcards’, 183–4

  O’Dwyer in final proximity with, 260–3

  O’Dwyer shot by, 263–7

  O’Dwyer shot by, 3

  one of most hated men in Britain, 14

  orphanage name of, 207

  own plan attached by, 151

  and pamphlets, 74

  and passport-renewal, 241

  and Pierrepoint, 12

  pocket contents of, 272

  police almost break down of, 192

  and post-hanging, 16

  pre-sentence statement from, 306–7

  ‘Prisoner 1010’, 12

  and Pritam, 159

  Punjab returns to, 185

  and Punjab’s loyalty, 69

  quiet existence, 44

  and Rai Sahib, 57

  re-enlists, 60

  reaches London, 208–9

  religious belief lost by, 201

  returns to Sunam, 133

  rounding-up of friends of, 285

  and ‘Sadh’, 55

  savings of, 135

  and self-incrimination, 272

  sent back to India, 60

  sent to Basra, 59

  shooting practice by, 256

  short of money, 129

  and Singh Azad false name, 244, 246, 271, 274, 278–80 passim, 285, 292, 298

  social calendar of, 37

  and Sohan Singh, 35

  and Sohne, 192

  statue of, 5, 313

  status given to, 166

  suicide planned by, 297–8

  and teens, 135

  UK ID card for, 254

  and UK’s first Sikh Gurdwara, 154–5

  under unknown name, 181

  on unknown papers, 220–1

  and US, 133, 135, 156–7

  words of, reported to police, 245

  Ugandan Railway Company, 131, 132

  UK:

  and Chamberlain, A., 239

  and Chamberlain, N., 243

  First World War entered by, 53

  plans of, 118

  Second World War declared by, 244, 246

  Upali, 33, 34

  US census, 173

  USA:

  and Pritam, 151–2, 155–6, 159

  public opinion from, 68

  Usher, Marjorie, 262, 265, 266, 269–70

  Vande Mataram, 48

  Varley, Rev. John, 186

  Vaterland, SS , 171

  Venkat, 216, 217

  Vickery, Philip, 237–8, 279–80, 281, 282, 285, 288, 305

  one of hardened men in intelligence, 39, 220

  Victoria, Queen, 36

  ‘Ville’, see Pentonville Prison

  Wagha, 116

  Wallinger, John, 238, 250

  Webb–Haney Act, 159

  Weinraub, Bernard, 311

  West Frontier Province, 38

  Western Gate, 73

  Willingdon, Lord, 69, 255

  Wilson, Sir Henry, 141, 154

  women killed, 116, 118–19

  Wren, Mr, 21

  YMCA, 154, 155

  Zail Singh, 310–11, 312

  zamindars, 128

  Zetland, Marquess of, 255, 259, 260, 263, 269–70, 273, 291

  Zimindars, 168

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