Thursday, March 26, 2015

Komagata Maru Budge Budge

In 2013, the Budge Budge railway station was renamed as Komagata Maru Budge Budge Railway Station by the West Bengal Government.

Budge Budge

Budge Budge.
It is a port below Hughli river in Kolkata. When Komagata Maru was returning from Canada, it attracted suspiscions of the British authorities in India. Troops escorted the passengers ashore, when shi reached Budge Budge. When some of them tried to reach Kolkata, they were fired at . As a result , 22 persons were killed. The rest were sent to Punjab under surveilllance, by train.

HANNOVER MESSE 2015

HANNOVER MESSE 2015
It is the world's biggest industrial fair from 13 to 17 April. The Hannover Fair attracts nearly two lakh global leaders in business, technology, industrial scientists and policy makers. The fair would be held in Germany from April 13-17, 2015. Since India is the partner country, branding/publicity for projecting India's participation and highlighting the 'Make in India' campaign is being done extensively at Hannover city, airport, fairground etc.
PM Modi is going to attend the fair, while visiting Germany on 12-13 April, 2015

Baba gurdit Singh

The Komagata Maru was a Japanese steamship which was leased by Baba Gurdit Singh. Komagata Maru,  sailed from Hong Kong via Shanghai, China t, Yokohama, Japan and then to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1914. It was carrying 376 passengers  mostly from Punjab, British India.

PIO in Canada

Canada is home to  more than one million Persons of Indian Origin with majority of PIOs living in Greater Toronto Area, Greater Vancouver Area, Montreal and Calgary. While the majority of them are from Punjab, other linguistic and ethnic groups of India are also represented in the diaspora. 

The “White Canada” policy.

The “White Canada” policy.
It laid down in the Immigration Act of 1910, and extended in the Immigration Act of 1952. The policy was ended in the Immigration Regulations of 1967, when a non-racial set of admission criteria was adopted.
The Canada's justification behind the “White Canada” immigration policy was the preservation and cementation of the primary role of Canada’s founding peoples of European origin. The idea that other peoples (who had taken no part in the settlement efforts and in the centuries-long creation of the institutions and infrastructure of Canada) might simply arrive in mass numbers to claim Canada as equally their own was anathema to Canadians before the establishment of multiculturalism.
The new 1967 immigration regulations emphasised skill and education rather than ethnic origins for regulation immigration.

The story of the Komagata Maru

The story of the Komagata Maru . 376 aspiring immigrants, mostly Punjabis, reached Vancouver aboard the Japanese ship Komagata Maru.The Komagata Maru entered Burrard Inlet. All 376 passengers were looking forward to starting their lives in Canada.They were denied entry on the basis of the continuous journey regulation and forced to leave after two months. Upon their return to India, 19 died in firing by the British troops.