India Exam Junction
12. What was Komagata Maru?
A political party based in Taiwan
Peasant communist leader of China
A naval ship on voyage to Canada
A Chinese village where Mao Tse-tung began his long march
Correct Answer :
A naval ship on voyage to Canada
Solution
The Komagata Maru was a Japanese steamship that carried 376 passengers, primarily Sikh immigrants from British India, to Canada in 1914. The ship sought to challenge Canada's restrictive immigration laws, specifically the Continuous Passage Act, which effectively barred Indian immigrants from entering the country.