Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive1882–1926 · evidence-first digital heritage

Claim record · DOS-I.6

Place of custody at death

X Not established Law & custody contested depends on the 2026 biography

The precise place of his custody at the time of death is contested: Lahore Fort and Lahore Central Jail have both been named, and the two sites are roughly four kilometres apart. This has not been resolved by primary evidence and is not asserted as settled fact; this archive writes “died in custody in Lahore”.

This is the exact wording approved for public display. It is never strengthened beyond what the tier — Not established, conflicting, or unsuitable for publication as settled fact — permits.

Evidence

Tier
X Not established Asserted somewhere but contradicted by better sources, or otherwise unresolved. Not published as settled fact.
Sources
The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism — entry “Tejā Siṅgh Samundrī (1882–1926)”, Piar Singh, in Harbans Singh (ed.); Teja Singh Samundri (Punjabi biography), Dr Piar Singh; “Sardar Teja Singh Samundri: A Century On”, K. B. S. Sidhu; “In memory of a rebel conscience” — The Tribune
Contested
Lahore Fort is asserted in a 2026 centenary essay; Lahore Central Jail in Tribune and Babushahi reports of the 2026 GNDU book launch and in the grandson’s remarks. No primary record has adjudicated between them.
What would change it
A Punjab jail admission or death register for 1926, or the Piar Singh biography’s source apparatus once read.
Research-dependent
Final confidence may change once the 2026 English biography is read — OQ-0
Open question
OQ-2
Reviewed
· PROJECT CONTROL STATE v1 §A1.8; Contested Points Register #4

Connections

Places
Lahore Fort (contested) · Lahore Central Jail (contested)
Chronology
17 July 1926 — Dies in custody in Lahore, aged 44
Open questions
OQ-2 — Where was he held at the time of his death — the contested choice between Lahore Fort and Lahore Central Jail?
Related claims
A reported transfer on 25 January 1925 C
Referenced by
Shifted to Lahore Fort for trial (a contested custody question is separate) B
A reported transfer on 25 January 1925 C
Circumstances of death B

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Permanent URL
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Chicago
“Place of custody at death (claim DOS-I.6).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive. Reviewed September 10, 2026. https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/place-of-custody-contested/.
MLA
“Place of custody at death (claim DOS-I.6).” Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive, September 10, 2026, https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/place-of-custody-contested/.
Plain text
Place of custody at death (claim DOS-I.6) — Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive — https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/place-of-custody-contested/ (page last reviewed 2026-09-10)
BibTeX
@misc{tssclaimsplaceofcustodycontested2026,
  title = {Place of custody at death (claim DOS-I.6)},
  howpublished = {Teja Singh Samundri Digital Heritage Archive},
  year = {2026},
  month = {sep},
  url = {https://tejasinghsamundri.org/claims/place-of-custody-contested/},
  note = {Page last reviewed 2026-09-10}
}
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