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Inder Singh belonged to Padri village of Amritsar district. His father Gurmukh Singh was a modest peasant. Inder Singh took part in the revolutionary activities of the Ghadar Party in Punjab's Majha area. He came into contact with Prem Singh of Sur Singh village who was a Ghadar Party member. On 21 March 1915, police arrested Lal Singh Bhure, another ghadarite, after receiving a tip from Padri village’s moneylender Kapoor Singh. Inder Singh and Prem Singh made the decision to punish Kapoor Singh. They arrived at Kapoor Singh's home. Prem Singh and Inder Singh shot at point blank at Kapoor Singh in the early hours of the morning, avenging Lal Singh's arrest. Later on, Inder Singh was arrested and tried under Sections 302 and 398 in the Padri Murder Case. He was sentenced to death. On 16 May 1916, this fearless revolutionary of the Ghadar Party was hanged in the Lahore Central Jail.