SOCB47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Guru Gobind Singh, Cp Ships, Ali Kazimi
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Vancouver in 1914: white canada forever. People from india refer to themselves as hindoostan. Malcolm reid: dominion immigration agent, as canada"s west coast gatekeeper has enormous power. Here he is fighting for more than his interest. Guduwat doesn"t know that reid is the tip of the iceberg. H. h stevens: conservative and member of the parliament. Like passengers on ship, indians on shore are sikhs. Guru govind singh: made keeping hair mandatory, gave them one name: singh, gurduwara: community center and temple. Jack uppal"s father dhillip singh tried helping the passengers. In vancouver the sikh community was struggling to fit in. J. edward bird: the only lawyer willing to take on this case, this small indian group decides to do something. Komogata maru used to be a german ship. Then it was sold to a japanese and the sikh people are stuck in a limbo. Authorities did everything to stop indians from settling here.
