Komagata Maru incident

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The Komagata Maru incident was a 1914 episode in which a ship carrying Indian immigrants was denied entry to Canada, becoming a symbol of colonial racism and the struggle against discriminatory immigration laws.

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Komagata Maru incident canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political incident ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Dominion of Canada ⓘ
commemoratedBy British Columbia government apology in 2008 ⓘ
Canadian parliamentary apology in 2016 ⓘ
memorial in Budge Budge ⓘ
memorial in Vancouver ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1914 ⓘ
describedBySource Canadian government historical records ⓘ
Indian nationalist writings ⓘ
academic histories of migration ⓘ
endDate 1914-09-29 ⓘ
fieldOfWork diaspora studies ⓘ
migration history ⓘ
genre topic in postcolonial studies ⓘ
hasCause $200 cash requirement for immigrants ⓘ
Continuous Journey Regulation ⓘ
discriminatory Canadian immigration laws ⓘ
hasEffect commemorative apologies by Canadian governments ⓘ
heightened anti-colonial sentiment in India ⓘ
increased scrutiny of Canadian immigration policy ⓘ
martyrdom narrative in Indian independence movement ⓘ
memorials and monuments in Canada and India ⓘ
mobilization of South Asian community in Canada ⓘ
hasPart Budge Budge confrontation ⓘ
confrontation in Vancouver harbour ⓘ
denial of entry to Canada ⓘ
return of passengers to India ⓘ
voyage of the Komagata Maru ship ⓘ
hasSignificance important event in Sikh diaspora history ⓘ
important in history of British Empire ⓘ
key episode in Indo-Canadian history ⓘ
symbol of anti-Asian exclusion in Canada ⓘ
symbol of colonial racism ⓘ
symbol of struggle against discriminatory immigration laws ⓘ
involves British Indian subjects ⓘ
British colonial authorities ⓘ
Canadian authorities ⓘ
Ghadar movement sympathizers ⓘ
linked to: Ghadar Party

Indian immigrants ⓘ
Komagata Maru ⓘ
Punjabi community in Canada ⓘ
Sikh passengers ⓘ
mainLocation Vancouver harbour ⓘ
linked to: Burrard Inlet
passengersNumber approximately 376 ⓘ
passengersOrigin Punjab region of British India ⓘ
relatedTo Canadian anti-Asian immigration policies ⓘ
Continuous Journey Regulation of 1908 ⓘ
Ghadar movement ⓘ
linked to: Ghadar Party

Indian independence movement ⓘ
shipOwner Gurdit Singh ⓘ
significantPlace Budge Budge ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Punjab ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
startDate 1914-04-04 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baba Gurdit Singh → notableFor → Komagata Maru incident ⓘ
Baba Gurdit Singh → notableFor → Komagata Maru incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Gurdit
Komagata Maru → notableFor → Komagata Maru incident ⓘ
Komagata Maru → relatedEvent → Komagata Maru incident ⓘ