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Finally, Canada will formally apologise to the Indians here for the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 and acknowledge the hurt caused to the community.

The Komagata Maru ship brought 376 Indians to Canada in 1914 in violation of the racist immigration laws of that time. But it was into allowed to anchor here and forcibly sent back to India after two months. On its return to India, many passengers were shot dead by British India police in Calcutta.