On May 23, 1914, the Komagata Maru steamship arrived into Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. On board were 376 passengers including 340 Sikhs, 24 Muslims, and 12 Hindus who were mostly from the Punjab region of India. They came hoping to have a life full of opportunities here in Canada.
Despite being British subjects, they were denied entry into Canada based on discriminatory and racist laws.