Pardeep Singh Nagra and Komagata Maru

Komagata Maru: The story of the Komagata Maru will be told in a permanent exhibit inside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. After the ship sailed back to India, 19 passengers were killed in a conflict with British authorities when all passengers were ordered on a train for the Punjab. The surviving passengers were imprisoned or sent to their villages for the duration of the First World War. Pardeep Singh Nagra, director of the Mississauga-based Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada, by part of the 'Lions of the Sea' exhibit at the which explores the tragic Komagata Maru incident on its 100th anniversary. The Komagata Maru sailed into Vancouver with 376 Sikh and Hindu passengers and was denied entry to Canada in 1914. The ship was forced to sail back to India, where 19 passengers died in a battle with British soldiers. Photo Store But on Monday there was a special travelling exhibit shown for that day only detailing the ships trip with 376 Sikh and Hindu passengers in 1914, and how Canadas then-immigration laws caused them to be denied entry to the country even though they were all citizens of the British Empire. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.