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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gulab Kaur
| image = Gulab Kaur (circa1890-1931).jpg|
| alt =
| caption = Gulab Kaur
| birth_name = Gulab Kaur
| birth_date =
| birth_place = village [[Bakshiwala]], [[Sangrur]] district, [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
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| known_for =
| occupation = [[Gadrite]] freedom fighter
}}

'''Gulab Kaur''' was an Indian freedom fighter. She was born around 1890 and died in 1941.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-27|title=Amazing Sikh Women of History|url=https://kaurlife.org/2015/03/27/12-amazing-sikh-women-of-history/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Kaur Life|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born circa 1890 in the village Bakshiwala in [[Sangrur]] district of [[Punjab, India]],<ref name="Gulab" /> Gulab Kaur was married to Mann Singh. The couple went to [[Manila]], [[Philippines]], intending to migrate to [[United States|America]] ultimately.<ref name="Gulab">{{cite web|url=https://uddari.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/gulab-kaur-a-great-punjab-woman/|title=Gulab Kaur-A Great Punjabi Woman|date=20 April 2008|publisher=Uddari Weblog|accessdate=2015-06-28}}</ref><ref name="Trailblazer">{{cite web|url=http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=5652&cat=23|title=Trailblazers|publisher=SikhChic|accessdate=2015-06-28}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In [[Manila]], Gulab Kaur joined [[Ghadar Party]], an organization founded by [[India]]n immigrants with the aim to liberate the [[India]]n Subcontinent from [[United Kingdom|British]] Rule.<ref name="Gulab" />

Gulab Kaur kept vigil on party printing press in guise. Posing as a journalist with a press pass in hand, she distributed arms to the Ghadar Party members. Gulab Kaur also encouraged others to join the [[Ghadar Party]] by distributing independence literature and delivering inspiring speeches to Indian passengers of ships.<ref name="Trailblazer" />

Gulab Kaur with about fifty other freedom Ghadrites of the Philippines joined the S.S. Korea batch and sailed for India, changing at Singapore from S.S. Korea to Tosha Maru. After reaching India, she with some other revolutionaries were active in the villages of Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Jallandhar to mobilize the masses for armed revolution for the cause of the independence of the country.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z0SOfZwnXZIC&q=gulab+kaur&pg=PA90|title=Trials that Changed History: From Socrates to Saddam Hussein|last=Gill|first=M. S.|date=2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176257978|language=en}}</ref>

She was sentenced to two years in prison in [[Lahore]], then in British-India and now in [[Pakistan]], for seditious acts.<ref name="Gulab" /><ref name="Trailblazer" />
There is a book available about Gulab Kaur titled ''Gadar Di Dhee Gulaab Kaur'' in Punjabi written by Kesar Singh published in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unistarbooks.com/freedom-movement/3807-gadar-di-dhee-gulaab-kaur.html|title = Gadar di Dhee Gulaab Kaur}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:Ghadar Party]]
[[Category:Indian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]]
[[Category:People from Sangrur district]]
[[Category:Women from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Women Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Women in Punjab, India politics]]

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