Bishan Singh, a prominent ghadarite, was from Amritsar's Dadehar village. His father’s name was Jawala Singh. He was an active member of the Ghadar Party in the Philippines and one of its most generous financial supporters. He returned from Manila aboard the Komagata Maru ship. He was a close associate of Wasakha Singh, another important Ghadar Party leader. In the early months of 1915, he was involved in revolutionary activities in Punjab. On 19 February 1915, he arrived at Mian Mir Cantonment to join the uprising, but the British got the whiff of their plans and disarmed all sympathetic battalions. As a result, the Ghadar Party's plan failed. Bishan Singh was arrested and in the first Lahore Conspiracy Case, he was tried under sections 121, 121 A, and 122 of the Indian Penal Code. Judges handed down their verdict on September 13, 1915. He was sentenced to death and forfeiture of property, but Viceroy Hardinge later commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ Cellular Jail. When the British government declared Royal Amnesty in 1920, he was released. Following his release, he became involved in the Akali movement. Later on, he worked as a Sewadar in the Golden Temple.