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The Legacy of the Komagata Maru

May 18, 2016

The apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to make on May 18 carries important symbolic value for South Asian communities in Canada and India. However, the history it conveys is narrow and partial.