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Jul
Surrey, British Columbia (Richa Walia): In a significant gesture of remembrance and reflection, the Surrey City Council has officially declared July 23 as ‘Guru Nanak Jahaz Remembrance Day’, commemorating the 352 Indian passengers aboard the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru who were denied entry into Canada in 1914. The declaration pays tribute to the passengers’ courage and resilience in the face of discriminatory immigration laws of the era. The ship, originally named Komagata Maru, was rechristened Guru Nanak Jahaz by its organizer Baba Gurdit Singh before departing on its historic journey. The renaming gave the voyage profound spiritual, cultural, and political…