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This article discusses the South Asian community organizing to fight for the same rights in Canada as other subjects in the British Empire. Specifically they seek to challenge the Canadian laws that prevent them from voting in federal and provincial…

This article discusses a move by an American union to boycott the employment of South Asian immigrants in a mill in Everett, Washington.

This article describes the proposal of Sam Hughes, minister of the militia, to raise militia regiments comprised of non-European immigrants, including a regiment comprised of South Asian immigrants from the Vancouver area.

This article discusses the proposal to form a South Asian militia company in British Columbia.

This article discusses a number of events after the passengers aboard the Komagata Maru repelled the immigration and police officers who attempted to board her in the middle of the night. Those events include: the dispatch of the naval vessel…

This article is an editorial arguing that the Continuous Journey Law, enacted by the federal government, is ineffective in keeping --undesirable-- (those of Asian and South Asian decent) immigrants out while also having the effect of barring those…

Discusses a proposal to require any immigrants entering the country to possess five hundred dollars before admittance.

This article discusses some of the actions taken by the South Asian immigrants aboard the Komagata Maru including a boycott of the individual hearings being held before the immigration board for members of the party claiming prior residence and a…

This article discusses a bribe offered to Sikh delegates sent to evaluate Honduras as a potential place for the relocation of landed South Asian immigrants in British Columbia. They rejected the bribe to report favourably on Honduras and instead…

This article describes an incident where a white male shot a South Asian immigrant, for reasons unknown, and was subsequently charged with murder. Attack occurred in Spokane, Washington, at a boarding house.

This article discusses an incident occurring in India involving the returning passengers of the Komagata Maru. It alleges that some of the passengers were involved a plan to derail a train, challenge an incoming regiment of Territorial soldiers, and…

This article describes seven passengers of the Komagata Maru being sentenced to death for participating in a riot after the ship arrived in Calcutta in October of 1914.

This article discusses the negotiations between the passengers of the Komagata Maru, the shore committee, and the Immigration officials. The specific issues being addressed are: the supply of provisions for the ship; the money owed to the shore…

This article discusses the possibility of the Canadian government engaging in an agreement with the Indian government to allow a certain number of South Asian immigrants to enter Canada each year while also passing an amendment to the immigration…

This article discusses South Asian and Japanese immigrants in Vancouver seeking to volunteer for military service in Europe.

This article discusses a proposed amendment to the immigration bill which would legally exclude any --Asiatics-- entering from countries where a treaty or agreement regarding immigration has not been made. It also discusses the conflict between…

This article discusses the pending arrival of the steamship Monteagle and how federal and provincial immigration laws will be enacted to deny entry specifically to South Asian immigrants. It also discusses the potential legal battle if the South…

This article describes a decision by Chief Justice Hunter ruling that the Continuous Journey Requirement and the Reasonable Cash Qualification orders-in-council are invalid.--

This article discusses the pending detention and deportation of fifteen South Asian immigrants who, having passed all federal immigration laws, are being deported under the provincial Natal Act having failed to pass the language test.

This article discusses a test case of the Natal Act, brought forward at the request of the federal government.

Discusses a group of Sikh men planning to apply for admission to a local militia group and, if denied entry, apply to Ottawa for permission to form their own regiment. Also discusses negative reaction from members of the militia and loopholes in the…

This article discusses the migration of South Asian and Japanese immigrants from British Columbia to the United States and United States immigration policy regarding them.

This article describes the reaction of Bramwat Singh and other members of the public to the potential standoff between the Komagata Maru and the Rainbow.

This article discusses an incident occurring in India involving the returning passengers of the Komagata Maru. It alleges that some of the passengers were involved a plan to derail a train, challenge an incoming regiment of Territorial soldiers, and…

This article describes the detainment of a small group of South Asian women and children by immigration authorities as well as threatened legal action by Dr. Sundar Singh should they be refused entry