A Guide to Sources- Ghadar Movement

Book Specification Item Code: UAZ887 Author: Darshan S. Tatla Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Language: English Edition: 2003 Pages: 335 Cover: HARDCOVER Other Details 9.00 X 6.00 inch Weight 420 gm Book Description FOREWORD Punjab has played a major part in India's struggle of independence with the Ghadar Movement as its prime example. The formation of the Ghadar rebellion was a unique phenomenon; it was by and large a Sikh diasporic mobilisation inspired by a mix of expatriate Hindu and Muslim elite. Faced with racial hostility and harsh immigration restrictions, Punjabi immigrant labourers in the Pacific States decided to return en masse to wage a revolutionary war to overthrow the British empire from the Indian subcontinent. Within a short span of time, leaders of Ghadar party were able to create a network of support and mobilisation among the Punjabi Diaspora in the Southeast Asian countries, Europe and North America. In 1915, the movement posed a