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Daljit Singh
Full Name of Passenger who Arrived to Vancouver: Daljit Singh
No. of SS Contract Ticket: 4
Deported from Vancouver: Yes
Avoided Arrest in the Aftermath of the Riot: Yes
Emigrant District: Ferozepur
Emigrant Village: Kauni
Biography: Daljit Singh, from the village of Kauni, near Muktsar, Faridkot, Punjab, was Gurdit Singh’s personal secretary on the Komagata Maru. He was then twenty-one, a graduate of Khalsa School Amritsar and literate in English, Gurmukhi and Urdu. What recommended him to Gurdit Singh was his past experience as the associate editor of Punjabi Bhain, a weekly promoting women’s education, published [...] Read complete biography
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