Why Mewa Singh Killed William Hopkinson

Why Mewa Singh Killed William Hopkinson?: Revisiting the Murder of a Canadian Immigration Inspector Gurpreet Singh "This book provides an overview for why Mewa Singh Killed William Hopkinson of Canada. The author, Gurpreet Singh, describes how the Komagata Maru incident played a pivotal role in the killing, which was retaliation for an earlier murder of a leader in the local Sikh community. He reports that because Hopkinson was born in Delhi and understood Indian languages, he was able to create a network of 50 to 60 South Asian supporters who could gather information on activists in the community. The book has been appneded with some rare documents and photographs."

Published: 2013 "Mewa Singh Lopoke (Punjabi: ਮੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਲੋਪੋਕੇ) was a Sikh activist in Canada who was a member of the Vancouver branch of the Ghadar Party, which called for the overthrow of British rule in India. On October 21, 1914, Mewa Singh murdered a Canadian immigration inspector, W. C. Hopkinson, a political act of violence for which he was executed.[1] In the eyes of Sikh Canadians, Mewa Singh's assassination of Hopkinson was a display of martyrdom, one which they (WE) commemorate annually." (Source wiki)

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