The story of the Komagata Maru
or Komagata Maru: One hundred years later
Subject
Anti-Asian sentiment; Hopkinson, William Charles, 1880-1914; Immigration regulations, Canada; India; Indians in Canada; Komagata Maru; H.M.C.S. Rainbow; Reid, Malcolm R. J.; Shore Committee; Singh, Gurdit, 1858-1954; Stevens, H. H. (Henry Herbert), 1878-1873; White attitudes to Indian immigration
Description
OMNI News Punjabi Reporter Baldeep Singh Jhand tells the story of one of the darkest chapters in Canadian and Vancouver history; the Komagata Maru incident of 1914. In this five-part feature, Jhand weaves through the many layers of this complex story using interviews, dramatizations and voice overs to provide insight and details that many have been unaware of. The interviewees include Hugh Johnston (historian), Sohan Pooni (historian), Tejpal Sandhu (great grandson of Gurdit Singh), Jaswinder Toor (Komagata Maru descendant), the late Jack Uppal (early pioneer), Raj Toor (Komagata Maru descendant), Bakbir Kaur Sandhu (Gurdit Singh descendant).
Part 1 - 00:00:01-00:10:35; Part 2 - 00:10:36-00:19:15; Part 3 - 00:19:16-00:28:00; Part 4 - 00:28:01-00:38:50; Part 5 - 00:38:51-00:49:07
Komagata Maru - Continuing the Journey
