Nsibe Kaur Puri and Canada

: Despite the efforts of Singh and the other members of the Shore Committee, the would-be immigrants were turned away and Canada discriminatory immigration laws remained intact, according to Vancouver Desi. In fact, Baga Singh, who had left a wife and two small daughters behind in India, had to wait until 1930 to be reunited with his wife, Harkaur. Handout/Vancouver Desi SPECIAL TO VANCOUVER DESI Nsibe Kaur Puri family has a long history in B.C. Her father, Baga Singh, arrived in Canada in 1913 and a year later became one of 12 men who formed a committee to support the Indian passengers of the Komagata Maru in their struggle to land in Canada. His two older daughters, who were married by then and had families of their own, remained in India. When she was four years old, she and her parents moved to New Westminster. Nsibe Kaur was born in Duncan a few years after her mother arrival in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.