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Canada to apologise for Komagata Maru incident

By IndianMandarins- 12 Apr 2016
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canada-to-apologise-for-komagata-maru-incident Almost 102 years after Canada turned away more than 376 migrants, mostly Sikhs from India, Prime Minister Justin Pierre Trudeau will formally apologise on May 18 for the incident that happened due to "discriminatory laws of the time". Noted freedom fighters like Bhai Hardayal and Kartar Singh Sarabha organised huge Ghadar party protest against this discrimination

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