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Language: en
Pages: 269
Pages: 269
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-22 - Publisher: UBC Press
This new and expanded edition offers the most thoroughly researched account of the notorious Komagata Maru incident. The event centres on the ship's nearly four
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-17 - Publisher: Duke University Press
In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor
Language: en
Pages: 353
Pages: 353
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-15 - Publisher: UBC Press
In 1914, the SS Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver Harbour and was detained for two months. Most of its 376 passengers were then forcibly returned to India. Unm
Language: en
Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-20 - Publisher: Tulika Books
Early twentieth-century Calcutta was not just a point of passage within the British Empire, but a key center of colonial power; a crucial laboratory of imperial
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-07 - Publisher: Routledge
The Komagata Maru incident has become central to ongoing debates on Canadian racism, immigration, multiculturalism, citizenship and Indian nationalist resistanc