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.