Komagata Maru Incident In 1914, the Japanese steamship “Komagata Maru” carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, a region of British India, sailed from Hong Kong, a component of the British Empire, to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, stopping in Shanghai, China, before continuing to Yokohama, Japan. Because only 24 of the passengers were permitted entry into …

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Anushilan Samiti A group called Anushilan Samiti advocated using revolutionary violence to overthrow the British Empire in India during the first three decades of the 20th century. It had two branches: the Jugantar Group in Kolkata and the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti in Dhaka. The Samiti was influenced by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s “Anandmath,” as well as …

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Surat Split The Surat Split, which occurred in December 1907, was the climax of the conflict between the different nationalist factions. Despite Tilak and others’ objections, Rash Behari Ghosh presided over the Surat Congress gathering in 1907. Congress officials split into two groups at the Surat meeting: moderates and extremists. This division was also evident …

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