ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Negative Space, Ss Komagata Maru
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
ENG201 - Lecture 17
Phinder Dulai - dreams/arteries
-Punjabi immigration into south Vancouver
-Colonialism didn’t end, it just became fragmented and obscure
•imperialism of global capitalism
-migration labour, resource extraction, people extraction etc. all the same
-Punjabi migration because of poor areas
•epic information around the extraction of people from India
-Dr. Muhinder Singh’s paper
-SS Komagata Maru
•Gudrith Singher Sandhu and Balwan Singh
-began as a businessman, who leased the ship and tried to profit by bringing
labour into Canada
-restricted by laws: anyone South Asian had to come into Vancouver without any
port stops
•this was physically impossible, they had to make stops
•376 passengers, 24 Muslims, 2 Hindus, 2 women, 2 children
•When the ship began in Hong Kong, the ship was surveilled all the way to BC
-they were breaking the exclusion laws on continuous passage
-Anglo-Indian - result of British Colonialism
•British loyalist policeman recruited as the chief surveiller of the punjabi community
•expansive role as chief architect of surveillance of 5,000 punjabis
-last people who fell as the last Raja state in India
•military strong - recruited into the British Armed Forces
•many were veterans of the BAF but became anti-Britain
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Document Summary
Colonialism didn"t end, it just became fragmented and obscure: imperialism of global capitalism. Migration labour, resource extraction, people extraction etc. all the same. Punjabi migration because of poor areas: epic information around the extraction of people from india. Ss komagata maru: gudrith singher sandhu and balwan singh. Began as a businessman, who leased the ship and tried to pro t by bringing labour into canada. They were breaking the exclusion laws on continuous passage. Anglo-indian - result of british colonialism: british loyalist policeman recruited as the chief surveiller of the punjabi community, expansive role as chief architect of surveillance of 5,000 punjabis. Last people who fell as the last raja state in india: military strong - recruited into the british armed forces, many were veterans of the baf but became anti-britain. Received a cheque from all the peoples: responsible of setting up a community of punjabi spies that would keep an eye on.
