Vancouver Coal Harbour and Komagata Maru

Komagata Maru: On May 23, 1914, the Komagata Maru, a Japanese steamship, arrived in Vancouver Coal Harbour carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, India, seeking asylum. , according to Huffington Post. Eventually it was forced to return to India where 20 of the passengers died when in an ensuing riot. Descendants of two B.C. residents, who were on opposite sides of the Komagata Maru story, are sharing their reflections today on the 100th anniversary of what both agree was a dark chapter in Canadian history. It spent two months at anchor. The government refused to allow its passengers to leave the ship. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.