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Komagata Maru
Canada is known as a multicultural country, but the nation has progressed over the years when we examine the Canadian Immigration policies from the past. One of the well- known events is the incident of Komagata Maru which involved a Japanese ship carrying 376 Indian passengers. The ship left from Honk Kong on April 4, 1914, and arrived a month later, on May 22, on the coast of British Columbia where they were most certainly not welcome. The leader of this expedition was Baba Gurdit Singh who was approached by his people who were seeking to immigrate to Canada, him being a political figure at the time, decided to help and took on this mission. However, this mission soon came to a halt when Canadian officials rejected the ship's entry into the country as Canadians expressed that Canada is "a white man's country" and should remain that way.