(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

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This collection is composed of records that were digitized and/or licensed for inclusion in the (DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit that was initially put on by the Sikh Heritage Museum in 2016. The exhibit was co-curated by Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains and Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra. In 2021, a digital exhibit of the same name was developed by Arshdeep Sandhu for inclusion in the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive. The records included in this collection are from both public and private holdings, and covers the history of voter disenfranchisement in Canada, British Columbia, and Vancouver, as well as other relevant or intersecting aspects of South Asian Canadian history, such as the Komagata Maru tragedy and the Ghadar movement.

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Dasam Granth

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Dasam Granth

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

The frontpiece of a Dasam Granth manuscript from between 1825 and 1850. The center has Gurmukhi text. Surrounding it clockwise: the top image is of the Hindu goddess Saraswati holding vina and other items with a peacock and a reverential boy standing. The second is a young adult seated on throne. The third is a warrior on a horse with some weapon in his right hand, his forehead marked with red… more

Ram Chandra : editor Hindustan Gadar

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Ram Chandra : editor Hindustan Gadar

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

A news clipping featuring two photographs of Har Dayal.

Where the nations meet

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Where the nations meet

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

A postcard sent to Miss Myrtle Wait by Gilbert about their trip to Vancouver. The front of the postcard has an image of three sikh men crossing the street in Vancouver in front of H. McDowell & Co.

The Hindustanee : the official organ of the United India League

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

The Hindustanee : the official organ of the United India League

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

The February 1, 1914 issue of The Hindustanee. Article headlines include "Indian National Congress", "The Prograss of 'The Hindustanee'", "Fatalism Infects Government of India", "The Hindu Question in U.S.A.", "Indian National Congress", and "How Gaynor, the Late Mayor of New York, Governed". more

[Kartar Kaur correspondence]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

[Kartar Kaur correspondence]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Correspondence from Kartar Kaur sent to her husband Indar Singh while the two were separated due to Canada's restrictive immigration laws. more

[Kartar Kaur correspondence]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

[Kartar Kaur correspondence]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Correspondence from Kartar Kaur sent to her husband Indar Singh while the two were separated due to Canada's restrictive immigration laws. more

[Kartar Kaur correspondence]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

[Kartar Kaur correspondence]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Correspondence from Kartar Kaur sent to her husband Indar Singh while the two were separated due to Canada's restrictive immigration laws. more

Bishan Singh

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Bishan Singh

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Watercolour painting of Bishan Singh, a fictionalized character created for the (DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit based on the real experiences of South Asian Canadians.

New Canadian makes voting history 1947, placing the vote in the ballot box

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

New Canadian makes voting history 1947, placing the vote in the ballot box

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

News clipping image of Mahinder S. Beadall placing his ballot in a ballot box while another man looks on. Beadall was the first South Asian Canadian in Victoria to cast a ballot in a federal election.

[Indar Singh's passport]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

[Indar Singh's passport]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Front page of Indar Singh's Canadian passport. more

[Lim family ticket for the Empress of Asia]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

[Lim family ticket for the Empress of Asia]

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Agent's stub for a third class ocean liner ticket issued to Mr. Lim Yuen, Mrs. Lim Tom She, Master Lim Fung Mee, Master Lim Bak Fun, Master Lim Bak, Chee, and Master Lim Bak Sang to sail from Vancouver to Hong Kong on the Empress of Asia on December 1st, 1928. more

Empress of Japan

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Empress of Japan

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Image of three people standing on the shore in front of the ship the Empress of Japan.

Market life, Friday

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Market life, Friday

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Image of two South Asian Canadian men walking across a rail line in front of a busy market.

Defence of Lucknow medal

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Defence of Lucknow medal

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

A medal given to officers in the British and Indian units of the army that suppressed the First War of Independence in India, also known as the Indian Mutiny. This medal was given specifically to officers and those at La Martinière College who fought during the initial Siege of Lucknow.

Lucknow medal

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

Lucknow medal

(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection

A medal given to officers in the British and Indian units of the army that suppressed the First War of Independence in India, also known as the Indian Mutiny. This medal was given specifically to officers who fought under Sir Colin Campbell during the final operations against those seeking independence, upto the surrendor of Lucknow.