In Berkeley, he joined the Gadar party in 1913. Around this time, he also learned how to fly. He returned to India in 1914 to fight for his country's independence. On November 16th, 1915, Sarabha was hanged at the tender age of 19.
Kirpal Singh, a police informer, planted in the ranks of the Ghadar Party, had a large number of members arrested on February 19 and informed the Government of the planned revolt. The Government disarmed the native soldiers due to which the revolt failed.
On March 2, 1915, Risaldar Ganda Singh had Kartar Singh, Harman Singh, Tundilat, and Jagit Singh, arrested from Chakk, No. 5, district Lyallpur.
The judgement in respect of the 63 arrested Gadharites was pronounced on September 13, 1915, at the Central Jail, Lahore. In this first conspiracy case of 1914–15, 24 Gadarites were sentenced to death. Kartar Singh was one of them.
The court observed that Kartar Singh was the most dangerous of all the rebels. "He is very proud of the crimes he committed. He does not deserve mercy and should be sentenced to death". Kartar Singh was hanged in the Central Jail of Lahore on November 16, 1915, when he was only 18.
He soon became the symbol of martyrdom and many were influenced from his bravery and sacrifice. Bhagat Singh, another great revolutionary of Indian freedom, regarded Kartar Singh as his guru, friend and brother. The judges during his trial were impressed by his intellectual skills, but nonetheless he was sentenced to death by hanging. He wrote a popular song which he would sing and it is said that he died singing it:
"Sewa
desh di jinddhiye badhi aukhi
gallan
karnia dher sukhalliyan ne,
jinha
desh sewa 'ch pair paya
ohna
lakh museebtan jhalliyan ne."
Serving
ones country is very difficult
It
is so easy to talk
Anyone
who walked on that path
Must
endure millions of calamities.
A statue of Kartar Singh
Sarabha was erected in Ludhiana, and the Punjabi novelist Bhai Nanak Singh
wrote a novel called Ikk Mian Do Talwaran based on 
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