Event
Komagata Maru incident: The Komagata Maru sails from India to Canada
4 Apr 1914 – 27 Sep 1914 · 22.57° N, 88.37° E
What the records say
- When
- 4 Apr 1914 – 27 Sep 1914
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 22.57° N, 88.37° E
Placed at the area around the town it links, Kolkata.
Summary
Komagata Maru incident: The Komagata Maru sails from India to Canada. Canadian regulations, designed to exclude Asian immigrants, prevent the boat from docking in Vancouver, and it is forced to return to Calcutta with all its passengers.
Komagata Maru incident
1914 exclusion of migrants in Vancouver
The Komagata Maru incident was an immigration dispute in which passengers aboard the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, also called Guru Nanak Jahaz by its passengers, were denied entry in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 23 May 1914. Most of the 376 passengers were denied entry despite being British subjects under Canada's continuous journey regulation, due to suspected links to revolutionaries in India.
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