JALANDHAR – Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation, a Surrey based NGO, has condemned the state government for not organising any state-sponsored event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Komagata Maru incident.
Foundation president Harbhajan Singh Gill said the government had not been doing much to pay tributes to martyrs of the Komagata Maru incident.
“We have been trying to contact the Punjab Government to insist them to organise a programme in the state,” he said.
Gill said though the Canadian government had informally apologised for the incident, efforts were being made to seek a formal apology.
He said they would ask the Punjab as well as the Union Government to add a chapter on the Komagata Maru incident in school or university syllabus.
He said a play on the incident was being prepared in collaboration with Punjabi University’s theatre department. It would be showcased in India and abroad. A documentary film would also be made, he added.
