Komagata Maru: The Ship That Was Turned Away Twice
In 1914 Gurdit Singh chartered a Japanese steamer to carry 376 Punjabis to Vancouver and test Canada's immigration rules in...
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Events That Changed History
Why India Put Six Numbers After Every Address
India had two Bilaspurs, two Kotas and letters addressed in a dozen scripts. On 15 August 1972 the post office...
Komagata Maru: The Ship That Was Turned Away Twice
In 1914 Gurdit Singh chartered a Japanese steamer to carry 376 Punjabis to Vancouver and test Canada's immigration rules in...
Santhal Hul (1855): The Rebellion That Shook British Rule Before 1857
In 1855 two Santhal brothers, Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, called ten thousand people to their village and declared an end...
Vaikom Satyagraha (1924): The Fight for the Right to Walk on a Road
In March 1924 a Pulaya, an Ezhava and a Nair walked together toward a road beside the Vaikom temple that...
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