Over Seas
Canada post released stamp on 100 years of Komagata Maru tragedy
May 10, 2014 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Ontario, Canada (May 10, 2014): It is learnt that the Canada Post has unveiled a new stamp to mark 100 years since a ship full of mostly Sikh passengers was turned way from Canada and sent back to India, where they were jailed or killed.
Incident Du Komagara Maru Incident 1914 – 2014
The Guru Nanak Jahaj, also known as Komagata Maru from it’s Japanese name, arrived in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet on May 23, 1914, carrying 376 British subjects, primarily Sikhs from India’s Punjab region, and with few Hindus and Muslims.
The ship was denied permission to dock and only a handful of passengers were allowed to stay in Canada, with the rest remaining on the ship as it was escorted out of Canadian waters two months after its arrival.
When the ship arrived in India, 19 of the passengers were shot and the rest were imprisoned.
The international-rate stamp features an image of the Komagata Maru, with a group of men in Sikh turbans in the background.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered an apology for the Komagata Maru incident in 2008, and the B.C. legislature passed a motion apologizing on behalf of the province the same year.
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