Writer : Anita Kabra
Baba Gurdit Singh was born in 1860 at Sarhil in Amritsar. His grandfather was a high ranking military officer in the Khalsa army and fought against the British. He declined British offer to a ‘Jagir’.
As his father was living in Malaya he privately acquired elementary education to be able to correspond with his father. He visited Malaya for business and raised his voice against forced labor. He wrote to the government complaining against officials who forced poor villagers to work from without remuneration. But when he did not receive any response he exhorted the people of the village to refuse to be subjected to forced labor.
He chartered a Japanese ship Komgata maru to go to Canada and named it the Guru Nanak. The Canadian government had put restrictions on the entry of Indians. The ship was attacked by the Canada police. The attack created a great stir among the Indians in Canada.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳
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