The Sikhs in Canada: From Kama Gata Maru to Parliament Hill
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8176472174
Length
120p., Plates; 23cm
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Almost a hundred years ago, a ship with about 350 passengers aboard docked in Vancouver harbour. No one was allowed to land and the ship battered with months long sea storms placed under siege by Canadian navy instead. Helplessness of the passengers as well as their sympathizers on ground knew no bounds. Dismayed and broken hearted Baba Gurdit Singh, the Chief Organizer, had to sail back. Almost a hundred years later, right at the same spot, ...