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Hari Sharma, Kartar Singh Ghag, 1984. Kartar Singh Ghag came to Canada in 1924. His father had come to Canada previously, in 1907. The family's financial situation forced them to come to Canada in search of work. Initially he worked in a saw mill as a cleaner. While he didn't initially want to do cleaning work, he was not physically…
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Hari Sharma, Gurbachan S. Johal, 1984. Gurbachan Singh Johal came to Canada in 1921 when immigrants started being allowed to bring wives and unmarried children under the age of 18. His father had come in 1907. The ship in which his father came was the last ship allowed to come. 700 people came in that ship and all were allowed to land…
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Hari Sharma, Hari Singh Manhas, 1984. Hari Singh Manhas came to Canada in 1927 at the age of 11 years. His grandfather and some other relatives came in 1906. In 1924 his father went to Mexico. Later on his grandfather and father lived in India. His mother never came in Canada. They bought property in India and farmed in their village.…
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Hari Sharma, Mrs. Dhan Kaur Johal, 1984. Dhan Kaur Johal came to Canada in 1923 from Jandiala, Punjab. She came via Calcutta, Singapore, and Hong Kong. She stayed three days in Hong Kong awaiting the boat to Canada. There were only four other Indian women in Canada when she arrived. The first woman came with her children in 1914. There…
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Hari Sharma, Tara Singh Kot, 1984. Tara Singh Kot came to Victoria in 1930 at the age of 16. His father came in 1906. They had land in Punjab. He had completed 8th grade and had little knowledge of English. He came with his father and many people joined them in Hong Kong, including some women. They stayed two week in Hong Kong in…
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Hari Sharma, Sardara Singh Gill, 1984. Sardara Singh Gill came to Canada in 1925 at the age of 18 years. He studied up to 7th grade in his village. His father and some others from his village came to Canada in 1906. At that time men immigrants were not allowed to bring their families. In 1921 Indian people fought to bring their wives…
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Hari Sharma, Kuldip Singh Bains, 1984. Kuldip Singh Bains came to Canada in 1936 at the age of 18 years. His uncle came to Canada in 1906, then his father came in 1922. People came to Canada because it had better economic conditions. He came alone from his village. At that time wives and unmarried children under the age of 18 were…
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Hari Sharma, Kehar Singh Kailey, 1984. Kehar Singh Kailey came to Seattle at the age of 19 in 1912. He came along with Imanat Ali Khan. He came from Manila where he lived for 3 months. He had £1 in his pocket and Imanat Ali Khan had £5 when they arrived in Seattle. In Seattle persons having £5 were allowed to land. So first Imanat Ali…
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Hari Sharma, Jagar Singh Mahal, 1985. Jagar Singh Mahal came to Canada in 1925 at the age of 18. His father came to Canada in 1906 and after that he never went back to India. Jagar Singh did not go to school and he did farming in his village. His father used to send money at home. He came to Canada on his father's invitation. About 25…
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Hari Sharma, Laksham Singh Sandhan, 1984. Lakshman Singh Thandi came to Canada in 1930 at the age of 17. He came from a village where he studied up to the 7th Standard. Nobody else from the family attended school. His father came to Canada in 1906 and learned enough English to read a newspaper. At that time there it was hard to get a…
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Hari Sharma, Dr.P. Pandia, 1984. Dr. D.P. Pandia first came from a village in Tamil Nadu to Canada in 1939 for a six-month visit; he went on to visit the United States, Mexico and other countries. He arrived in Canada permanently in 1954. He had previously studied in India and England, where he took a degree in law. His village…
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Hari Sharma, Jag Singh Uppal, 1984. Jag Singh Uppal came to Canada as an infant, along with his mother and brother, in 1926. Because they were the wife and children of a landed immigrant they did not have a problem getting a visa. He went to school on 2nd Avenue, where white kids would bully Indian children by pulling their turbans…
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Hari Sharma, Imanat Ali Khan, 1984. Imanat Ali Khan came to Canada at the age of 25 in 1912. Family members of his had come to Vancouver and San Francisco as early as 1907. In Punjab his family owned land and Khan had been a wrestler. He came via Manila on a Japanese ship. The trip took three months. When they arrived in Manila he…
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Hari Sharma, Mrs. Bhani Kaur Johal, 1984. Mrs. Bhani Kaur Johal came at the age of 17 in 1927. The region they came from in the Punjab is called Jandiala. Their families had land there. Her husband had a dream that after their children got married they would go back to their village. He had been a wrestler in the Punjab. Her in-laws were…
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Hari Sharma, Ranjit S. Mattu, 1984. Ranjit Singh Mattu came in 1925 with his mother at the age of 6. His father, a farmer, came to Canada in 1906 looking for a better life. They came via Hong Kong to Vancouver. When he came a second time he, could not get direct ship to Vancouver. He went to the United States but was not allowed to…
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Hari Sharma, Mrs. Pritam Kaur Johal, 1984. Pritam Kaur Johal came from Bara Pind, Punjab, to Canada in 1936. She was twenty when she arrived with her two daughters. Her husband had come before her and brought her over legally. Indian women were not allowed to wear their traditional clothing so she had to change into Canadian clothes at the…
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Hari Sharma, Ranjit Hall, 1984. Ranjit Hall retired from the Department of Immigration and Manpower in 1981. His father, Gokul Singh, came from Ludhiana [in Punjab] to Canada in 1906. Hall came to Canada with his parents in 1924 at the age of 6. He did not know his father before that. They had land in the village. His father…
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Hari Sharma, Mrs. Ratan Kaur Thauli, 1987. Ratan Kaur Thauli was married in India at the age of 16 in 1912. Her husband came to India a second time in 1912 and returned back to Canada in 1914. For 11 years she lived in India with her relatives. When permission was given to bring wives and unmarried children under the age of 18 years she…
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Hari Sharma, Darshan Singh Sangha, 1985. Darshan Singh Sangha came to Canada in 1937 at the age of 19. He was born in 1918. The family was poor. It was difficult even to pay school fees but he finished 10th grade. Many poor people from his village came to Canada in 1906 and became well off. His uncle was eager to get him to Canada so he…
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 52, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 51, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 50, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 49, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 48, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 47, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 46, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 45, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 44, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 43, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 42, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 41, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 40, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 39, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 38, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 37, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 36, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 35, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 34, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 33, 1985. …
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Gurcharn S. Basran, B. Singh Bolaria., Indo-Canadian Interview 32, 1985. …
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