Indian Government Organizes Committee to Mark Komagata Maru’s Centenary

Kamagata MaruNew Delhi, India—A national level committee has been constituted by the Indian Government to organize functions to pay tribute to the martyrs of Komagata Maru tragedy.  The committee has been established to formalize plans for the commemoration programs. As per an official statement, the functions will mark the centenary from September 29, 2014, to September 29, 2015.

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Led by Minister of Cultural affairs, the committee will comprise 12 other members, including eminent historians. Among members of the committee are former MP Tarlochan Singh; Punjabi University VC Jaspal Singh; Harish Puri of the BR Ambedkar Chair, Department of Political Science, GNDU, Amritsar; and Indu Banga, Honorary Secretary, Institute of Punjab Studies, Mohali.

Other members include Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi; Suranjan Das, VC, Calcutta University; Basudeb Chatterjee, Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research; Ravindra Singh, Secretary, Culture Ministry; KK Mittal, Additional Secretary, Culture Ministry; Director General, National Archives; and one representative from the Komagata Maru Memorial, Budge Budge Ghat, Kolkata.

As per the terms of reference, the committee will be responsible for chalking out the programmes and activities, and also to implement its decisions.  Earlier, the government had named the Kolkata railway station, the location of the bloodshed 100 years ago, after Komagata Maru.

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