Browsing Tag: Komagata Maru

The Komagata Maru won’t be in Halifax this weekend. But its stories will. The Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada is bringing its exhibition and lecture series titled Lions of the Sea to the Olympic Community Centre in Halifax on Sunday.

"The overt racism by the officials went against all logic and reason even when it came to the law. Every unethical and immoral trick was used to circumvent the law simply to frustrate the entry of the Sikhs into Canada."

$22 million Indo-Canada production to be directed by an A-lister from Hollywood. It will have one top Indian actor playing a Sikh. One top Japanese actor and one Hollywood actor, besides many other prominent actors from India, Canada and US.

The work started by those who fought to allow the Komagata Maru to land, and those who refused to let the memory of the Komagata Maru disappear remains a work in progress for all of us. Just as law provided the pretext for denying entry to the Komagata Maru, so law holds the potential for ensuring that the next ship to appear on the horizon is met with compassion, fairness and justice.

In honour of the contributions of Sikh immigrants to Canada, ‘Lions of the Sea’ will soon embark on a Canada-wide journey that starts from Mississauga.

A calendar dedicated to the centenary of the Komagata Maru episode was released in the Lower Mainland over the weekend.

In honour of its centennial, Abbotsford’s Sikh Heritage Museum is launching a year-long exhibit that takes an extensive look at the infamous event.

July 23rd marks the 98th anniversary the Komagata Maru ship being forced to leave Canada and return back to Asia. Today we remember this tragedy and injustice.

The Komagata Maru incident, which played out in Vancouver’s harbor... is one of the most infamous events in the early history of the city. with financial backing from the fed. government and input from leaders of the local Sikh community, Simon Fraser University is overseeing the creation of an extensive website that will tell the story in great depth.

Between 1905 and 1908 a little over 5000 Sikhs arrived in British Columbia. In the eyes of the British Columbians of the time this was nothing short of an invasion. After all, this was supposed to be a white man’s province and British Columbians were determined to keep it that way.

Members of Vancouver's Sikh community gathered Sunday at the Ross Street Temple to applaud the announcement of federal funding for two projects commemorating the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in which 376 immigrants from the Punjab were refused entry to Canada.