Later Years
Baba Gurdit Singh escaped and remained underground for many years until 1920 when, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, he made a voluntary surrender at Nankana Sahib and was imprisoned for five years.
In 1937, Pratap Singh Kairon, the future Chief Minister Punjab and then an Akali nominee, entered the Punjab Legislative Assembly, defeating the Congress candidate, none other than Baba Gurdit Singh of Sarhali.
Baba Gurdit Singh had one son Baba Balwant Singh. Baba Balwant Singh had two sons and five daughters. Both his sons died in late seventies and early eighties. His eldest daughter Harbhajan Kaur had the privilege of meeting Baba Gurdit Singh and listening his tale of the Komagatamaru voyage. All his daughters are married and live in Amritsar. Baba Gurdit Singh later settled in Calcutta.He died on July 24, 1954 in Amritsar and cremated at his native village Sarhali Kalan Amritsar.
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