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Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, a Ghadarite and revolutionary, was charged by British authorities for his role in the ‘Lahore Conspiracy Case’ in 1915 after a judge pronounced him “the most dangerous of all rebels”.

Few people know the fascinating, if chequered, story of Indian immigration to Canada — a tale of hostility and heartache, of tenacity through ups and downs and, finally, of finding a place to call home.