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‘You didn’t allow us, now we are here’: Why Diljit Dosanjh spoke of 1914 Komagata Maru incident at Jimmy Fallon show

The Indian Express·Suanshu Khurana·about 1 month ago
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This was Diljit Dosanjh's second appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. (Instagram/jimmyfallon) In his second appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon , popstar Diljit Dosanjh spoke about the 1914 Komagata Maru incident , where 376 Indian passengers were denied entry into Canada owing to racist immigration rules. The passengers had to stay on the ship for nearly two months, even though they were desperate for food, water, and medical attention, before being sent back to India. Dosanjh, who recently had a sold-out show at Vancouver’s BC Place stadium, said at the show, “When our people came for the first time to Canada, they didn’t allow us… and that stadium is just 2 km from that part…the Komagata Maru incident… Now, that is a big thing for us… 55,000 people in a stadium… You didn’t allow us to come, now we are here.” What was Komagata Maru and what brought it to Vancouver?…

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