Sohan Singh Bhakna

Sohan Singh Bhakna
Born	22 January 1870 Khutrai Khurd, British India
Died	21 December 1968 (Aged 98) Amritsar, India
Organization(s)	Ghadar Party, Babbar Akali Movement, Kisan Sabha
Political party	Shiromani Akali Dal
Movement	Indian independence movement, 1907 Punjab unrest, Ghadar Conspiracy.

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Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna (22 January 1870 – 21 December 1968)^[1] was a Sikh revolutionary, the founding president of the Ghadar Party, and a leading member of the party involved in the Ghadar Conspiracy of 1915. Tried at the Lahore Conspiracy trial, Sohan Singh served sixteen years of a life sentence for his part in the conspiracy before he was released in 1930. He later worked closely with the Indian labour movement, devoting considerable time to the Kisan Sabha.