Tag: Baba Gurdit Singh
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Baba Gurdit Singh: My great-grandfather who brought Komagata Maru to Canada
The Brampton great-grandson recalls the life of Baba Gurdit Singh By Tejpal Sandhu Komagata hero Baba Gurdit Singh was my great grandfather. Born to Sardar Hukam Singh and Gulab Kaur at Sarhali village in Amritsar district in 1859, he received only a little education at the gurdwara as there was no school in the village.…
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Sikhs in Canada: From Komagata Maru to 4 Cabinet ministers
By Balwant Sanghera VANCOUVER: Punjabis are very adventurous and never shy away from a challenge. Travelling thousands of miles from their homeland to a completely strange and often hostile environment has never deterred them. Countries like Canada have always been very attractive to them in order to better themselves especially in the economic sense. With…