Komagata Maru incident remembered in Canada

Komagata Maru incident, that marks the rare courage of the Gurdit Singh to fight against injustice by the then Canadian Government towards Sikhs community was remembered recently with the commemoration with a series of events including introducing a postal stamp in Canada. The Komagata Maru incident was largely forgotten in Canada, even though it ended in a tragedy as on its return to India in late September, the British police boarded the ship in Budge Budge, a riot ensued and 19 passengers were killed in firing and over 200 arrested. Several events are being held recently in Canada to mark that watershed event. The Vancouver Maritime Museum is hosting the ongoing Komagata Maru: Challenging Injustice exhibition; The Surrey Museum has the multimedia Echoes of the Komagata Maru; The Surrey Art Gallery is showing Ruptures in Arrival: Art in the Wake of the Komagata Maru; and the Museum of Vancouver has two concurrent events.