Harnam Singh Saini was a notable Indian revolutionary

Revolutionary movement for Indian independence

The Revolutionary movement for Indian independence is often a less-highlighted aspect of the Indian independence movement -- the underground revolutionary factions. The groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category. The revolutionary groups were...

 who participated in Ghadar Conspiracy

Ghadar Conspiracy

The Ghadar Conspiracy was a conspiracy for a pan-Indian mutiny in the British Indian Army in February 1915 formulated by the Ghadar Party...

 and was hanged by British colonial government on March 16, 1917 in Lahore for instigating revolt against the empire. He was tried under third Lahore Conspiracy Case trial

Lahore Conspiracy Case trial

The Lahore Conspiracy Case trial also known as the First Lahore Conspiracy Case, were the trials held in Lahore in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy in 1915. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the Defence of India Act...

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Background

Harnam Singh Saini was son of Gopal Saini. He was resident of village Fatehgarh in district Hoshiarpur.

Involvement in Ghadar Conspiracy

Harnam Singh visited Canada and USA which were the breeding ground of Ghadar Conspiracy

Ghadar Conspiracy

The Ghadar Conspiracy was a conspiracy for a pan-Indian mutiny in the British Indian Army in February 1915 formulated by the Ghadar Party...

. He became an active member of Ghadar Party and participated in sedition.

Arrest

Harnam Singh Saini was arrested in Batavia, a Dutch colony. Nothing incriminating was found on his person or on the ship Maverick in which he was travelling. In spite of this the Dutch authorities of Batavia heeded to the British request and handed him over to the Singapore police. He was taken to Calcutta and then to Lahore.

Trial and execution

He was tried under Third Conspiracy Case at Lahore. The tribunal of this case consisted of Ellis, Major Frizelle, and Rai Bahadur Gopal Das Bhandari. The trial was held in Lahore Central Jail.

The trial began on November 8, 1916 and ended on January 5, 1917. Harnam Singh Saini along with four other Ghadar revolutionaries, namely, Bhai Balwant Singh of Khurdpur, Babu Ram of Fatehgarh, Hafiz Abdullah of Jagraon and Dr. Arur Singh of Sanghwal, was charged with waging war against King Emperor and sentenced to death. Three other co-accused , namely, Karar Singh Nawan Chand, Fazal Din of Fategarh and Munsha Singh of Dukhi of Jandiala were given life imprisonment.

Saini , along with four of his other Ghadar Party

Ghadar Party

The Ghadar Party was an organization founded by Punjabi Indians, in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule...

 comrades, was executed on March 16, 1917. All of their properties were also confiscated.

Other sources

• Ghadar Party Da Itihas, Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall Committee, Jullundur
• Unpublished Account of Ghadar Party Conspiracy Cases, 1914-1918 by Isemonger and Slattery
• Sir Michael O'Dwyer, India as I knew it, London, 1925

See also

• Lahore Conspiracy Case trial
  Lahore Conspiracy Case trial
  The Lahore Conspiracy Case trial also known as the First Lahore Conspiracy Case, were the trials held in Lahore in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy in 1915. The trial was held by a Special tribunal constituted under the Defence of India Act...
  
  
• Ghadar Party
  Ghadar Party
  The Ghadar Party was an organization founded by Punjabi Indians, in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule...
  
  
• Kartar Singh Sarabha
• Hindu-German Conspiracy