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The tragedy of Komagata Maru : the Sikh challenge to Canadian immigration politics (1897-1920) / Puran Singh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Puran Singh (Librarian), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration.
- History.
- India--Politics and government--1857-1919.
- India.
- Politics and government.
- India--Politics and government--1919-1947.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--Sources.
- Canada.
- India--Emigration and immigration--History--Sources.
- Komagatamaru (Ship).
- Genre:
- History.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 200 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- Amritsar : Singh Brothers.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Canadian Sikh Study & Teaching Society, December 2015.
- Contents:
- Hisotry of the Indian Migration (1897-1920)
- Komagata Maru Tragedy (1914)
- Legal Battles
- Aftermath of the tragedy
- Appendix 1. Tables
- Immigrants population
- Appendix 2. List of passengers
- Appendix 3. Leaders of the passengers on the Komagata Maru
- Appendix 4. Members of the ship committee
- Appendix 5. Members of the Shore Committee formed by the Sikhs of Vancouver
- Appendix 6. List of those who were killed at Budge-Budge
- Appendix 7. List of the arrested passengers
- Appendix 8. The wording of the two plaques at Vancouver.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Singh Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780988161610
- 0988161613
- OCLC:
- 934489392
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