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Khalsa Diwan Society (Vancouver)

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The group includes individuals associated with the 2nd Avenue Temple, Vancouver. Sabu Singh, former president, is on the far right.
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Originally appeared in the book There Goes the Neighbourhood by Adrian Raeside, published by Doubleday Canada in 1992.
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There is Punjabi inscription on the front and back of the postcard.
2021_07_10919.pdf (128.11 KB)
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English translation of [Diary : United India Home Rule League of Canada and the Hindustani Swaraj Sabha], containing the minutes of two organizations which came into existence in 1920 in Vancouver: the United India Home Rule League of Canada and the Hindustani Swaraj Sabha of Canada. Both organizations are linked to India's Independence movement started in Vancouver, B.C.
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The diary, volume one of two volumes, contains information on the activities of the Vancouver Khalsa Diwan Society between 1906 and 1924, as recorded by Secretary Arjan Singh Brar (Chand).
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Dr. Gurcharn S. Basran speaks about early Indo-Canadian pioneers and their experiences in Canada, citizenship rights and later immigration issues, and government interactions with Indian immigrants.