V P Hansrani was an Indian Freedom Fighter who was based in Britain. He held leading positions in both the Indian Workers Association and the India League. He was a prolific author who worked with Krishna Menon and Sardar Ajit Singh. Early life Hansrani was born in the late 1910s in a Rurka Kalan, a village in the 'Jullunder' (Jalandhar) district of Panjab. During his birth a 'Sheshnag' (snake) appeared, a sign of good fortune. This good fortune served him well as despite being ill as a young child, he survived and lived a life of adventure. He studied in D.A.V. College, Lahore but due to the Great Depression of the 1930s yearned to travel abroad to make a living for himself. The opportunity soon presented itself in 1939 as his best-friend, Ujagar Singh Rurka who had just returned to India from Singapore, was planning to travel to England. Upon get a made-to-measure suit and a few shirts, he packed his belongs and bedding into an iron trunk and started his journey to England. He left his village on 5 May and arrived on the 25th, paying 212 Rupees for the Anchor Line ship voyage. The India League and The Indian Workers' Association (IWA) Hansrani stayed in an Indian workers commune - No. 13 Sandy's Row, E.1. London. Here he met other likeminded revolutionaries. It was the men who lived, ate, and slept in this commune who then eventually founded the Indian Workers' Association (Hindustani Mazdoor Sabha). The jobs of these men varied but Hansrani was a peddlar and started life in England with only 50 shilling, £2.50. They would send remittances back to their families in India and in return receive news about the dire situation in the country. This would often stimulate discussions amongst those in the commune and the highly political situation in Europe in 1939 would turn these men into revolutionaries. One IWA revolutionary in particular stands out and that is Udham Singh, the man who avenged the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. As the Phoney War was in full swing, Hansrani moved to Coventry where he and others set-up the IWA. In 1942, at the age of 23, he was elected their president. Hansrani organised marches as a part of the Quit India Movement in the English Midlands and was the Editor of the IWA's premier news bulletin, Azad Hind. The bulletin was written in Urdu