Necessity of livelihood took punjabis to countries like canada and america. Soon the authorities began to see them as the reason for the bad economy in their country. So they tried to impose ill treatments. Restrictions were imposed on the punjabis. On advice of Lala Lajpat Rai, Ajit Singh And Bhai Paramand, Gadar parties were formed by punjabis. Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna was the president of the gahaar party. Hardayal was the secretary.
Head Quarter was shifted to san francisco. Journal named The Ghadar was published in three languages- urdu, punjabi and gujrati. Purpose of the journal was to enlist crimes perpetrated by the british in india and to arouse the self respect of the indians.
KAMAGATA MARU INCIDENT
There was a check on the influx of indians into the canada. Baba Gurdit Singh hired a japanese steamer ( Kamagata Maru ) and sailed to canada with 376 persons, They were not allowed to dock in the canadian port. Still 24 were taken on account of canadian domicine but the rest were left to rot in the ship. After two months, in the misery the ship moved to hong kong. There also they were not allowed to dock, and the same thing happened in singapore. All the food supplies were finished.Finally they reached calcutta, where they were caught by the british. Riots occurred and some were killed. Others were deported to punjab jails.
Ghadarites took strong note of it and sent there men to punjab. Secretly, they entered into army ranks to cause dissatisfaction among them. Night of 21st feb was fixed by Rash Bihari Bose for the revolt. But they were caught and tried under LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASE.
Head Quarter was shifted to san francisco. Journal named The Ghadar was published in three languages- urdu, punjabi and gujrati. Purpose of the journal was to enlist crimes perpetrated by the british in india and to arouse the self respect of the indians.
KAMAGATA MARU INCIDENT
There was a check on the influx of indians into the canada. Baba Gurdit Singh hired a japanese steamer ( Kamagata Maru ) and sailed to canada with 376 persons, They were not allowed to dock in the canadian port. Still 24 were taken on account of canadian domicine but the rest were left to rot in the ship. After two months, in the misery the ship moved to hong kong. There also they were not allowed to dock, and the same thing happened in singapore. All the food supplies were finished.Finally they reached calcutta, where they were caught by the british. Riots occurred and some were killed. Others were deported to punjab jails.
Ghadarites took strong note of it and sent there men to punjab. Secretly, they entered into army ranks to cause dissatisfaction among them. Night of 21st feb was fixed by Rash Bihari Bose for the revolt. But they were caught and tried under LAHORE CONSPIRACY CASE.
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