Characters from Train to Pakistan

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Jugga Singh - This character is the local town gangster, responsible for all sorts of wrongdoing, who sees personal behavior as the work of fate, but who, in the end, dies in a sacrifice.

Iqbal Singh - This person is an atheist who was raised Sikh, was educated in England and had returned to India in order to work as a social worker for the People's Party of India. When the civil war comes to the area, however, this person does nothing, and uses alcohol to escape responsibility.

Lala Ram Lal - A...
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