S02 E02: The Ballad of Bela Singh

Vancouver Daily Province, 1, 4, 10 Sept., 1914.

Described as the "smartest dressed East Indian in Vancouver" Bela Singh was a British informant accused by ghadarites of being a spy and murderer. This is the story of the many assassinations of Bela Singh.

Letter from E.M.N Woods to the Minister for Justice. Library and Archives Canada.

Statement of Mewa Singh, July 1914. Library and Archives Canada.

Photographs & Documents Referenced in S02 E02:

1. Canada. Department of Justice (1914, December 24). [E. M. N. Woods, lawyer, Woods & Downie, counsel for Mewa Singh, to Charles J. Doherty, Minister of Justice]. Page 1. Retrieved from http://komagatamarujourney.ca/node/11140

2. Stevens, H. H. (Henry Herbert), 1878-1973 (1914, July 1). Statement of Mewa Singh, son of Nand Singh, Village of Lopoke, District of Amritsar, India. Retrieved from http://komagatamarujourney.ca/node/10085

3. Rex v. Jagat Singh, 1915 CanLII 806 (BC CA)

4. Rex v. Bela Singh, 1915 CanLII 704 (BC SC)

5. Khalsa Diwan Society, Vancouver (n.d.). Khalsa Diwan Society [Diary], Vancouver, B.C.. Retrieved from http://komagatamarujourney.ca/node/3294