Ammiji - My Grandmother Painting by Me Sardarni Surjit Kaur - My grandmother Maiden Name: Gian Kaur Early Childhood: Younger Gian Kaur - My Grandmother Gian Kaur was the eldest of the three siblings and daughter of Sardar Sohan Singh Kharbanda and Balwant Kaur . The Kharbanda family were an affluent wholesale merchant of brass ware from Daska (Shahmukhi: ڈسکا; Gurmukhi: ਡਸਕਾ) in the Sialkot District of West Punjab. The town of Daska gets its name because it is das ("ten") koh (Mughal unit of distance) from Sialkot, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad. Kharbanda's were trading brass ware to distant locations such as Delhi, Rajasthan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Sohan Singh was one of the four sons and assisted his father in the family business. He was married to Balwant Kau r from the Kukreja family of Lyallpur, West Punjab. The young couple had two children. Gian was the eldest and her brother Darshan was just two year old when their father Sohan Singh passed away after a short fev
Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivram Rajguru The execution of Bhagat Singh , Rajguru and Sukhdev was carried out on March 23, 1931, in Lahore Central Jail by the executor Kala Masih of Shahdara, Lahore and supervised by District Magistrate, AA Lane Robert . The IG prisons (Punjab) Lt Col F.A Barke r, the IG Punjab Police Cherris Stead were also present. After the execution, the British government honored several individuals for their loyalty to the Crown. Hans Raj Vohra , Jai Gopal , Phonindra Nath Ghosh and Manmohan Bannerji — had all become government approvers and gave statements in the case. They were among the 457 witnesses produced by the Punjab Police in this case. After the executions, all four were rewarded. Hansraj Vohra Hans Raj Vohra (1909 – 13 September 1985) was a trusted colleague and follower of the leading revolutionaries Sukhdev Thapar and Bhagat Singh. He was a student at Forman Christian College , a member of the Lahore Student's Union,