Hundal, Ikball Singh

Newspaper clipping related to Ikball Singh Hundal's death.

Creator: The University of Washington

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree awarded to Ikball Singh Hundal by the University of Washington. The certificate is preserved in the original tissue envelope.

The 1924 Tyee printed by the Associated Students of University of Washington. Includes photos and names of the executive committee and YMCA. Ikball Singh Hundal was a member of the YMCA for Relation-other lands.

Creator: Hundal, Ikball Singh

Diary of Ikball Singh Hundal from January 1919 during Spanish flu outbreak.

Hakam Singh Hundal's Land Registry Act identification form to be used where applicant is a Hindu. The land registration is related to the purchase of Lot 24 in Point Grey, B.C. by Jiwan Singh, A. C. Singh, and Hakam Singh Hundal. Hakam Singh arrived in BC in October 1906 and was 55 years old at the time of registration. He was a labourer at False Creek Lumber Company.

Creator: Public Schools of British Columbia

Roll of Honour certificate awarded to Ikball Singh Hundal for achieving first rank in proficiency by the Public Schools of British Columbia. Ikball was a pupil of Queen Mary.

Headmaster, Fateh[?] Mohamed's report relating to Ikball Singh Hundal from the Anglo Indian Governement School.

Studio portrait of Ikball Singh Hundal.

Photo of Ikball Singh Hundal in Reserve Officer Training Corps uniform in front of a de Havilland, the aircraft used by the US military at the end of WW1 while training to be a pilot. Ikball was accepted to the University of Washington and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1925. During his time at the University of Washington, he signed up for the Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) and achieved the highest rank of Lieutenant. After graduating from the university, Ikball encountered a very strict race bar that effectively barred him from becoming a professional engineer, a pilot or any other professional. He was told the only work for him, as a South Asian, was on the "green chain," one of the lowest paid and highest risk jobs in the industry pushing wood through the saws. Instead, Ikball chose to return to India, under the sponsorship of the Ghadar Party in 1930 to take up the activist cause to end the British rule of India. He returned to Canada in 1955. He died tragically on December 26, 1965 as the victim of random violence in Vancouver.

Creator: Hacking Studio

Point Grey King George V High School graduation photo of Ikball Singh with the class of 1918-1919. Ikball Singh Hundal was born in [?] in [?]. He arrived in B.C. with his brothers and grandmother in 1913. He went to the Point Grey King George V High School (which was later renamed as Magee). Ikball Singh was top of the class in his Junior Fourth Grade. He graduated from the Point Grey High School in 1919.