Komagata Maru tragedy

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer an apology in the House of Commons on May 18 almost 102 years after the Komagata Maru incident, where the government of the day turned away more than 300 Indians seeking a better life in Canada.

About the incident:

A Japanese steam ship named Komagata maru, filled with Indian immigrants was forced to return to India on September 29, 1914 from Canada when the passengers were not allowed to land in Canada (only 24 out of 352 passengers were admitted to Canada).
This was due to the Continuous passage act enacted by the Canadian government to check the immigrants and particularly from India.

• In this incident, 19 Canada-bound Indian immigrants were killed in police firing and many were arrested by the British police.
•  This incident had also made the Ghadar Party proclaim war and inspired thousands of Indian immigrants to come back and organize an armed rebellion against British imperialism in India.