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SEE PICS: Surrey’s Komagata Maru Way Street Signs Officially Unveiled

Darpan News Desk, 01 Aug, 2019 05:36 PM

    Surrey, BC – On July 8th, Surrey City Council approved the commemorative naming of a Surrey street to remember the victims of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident.


    The installation of the commemorative street signs that say Komagata Maru Way on 75A Avenue between 120 Street and 121A Street have been installed and officially unveiled by Mayor Doug McCallum.


    “Today, Council put into action what we approved a little over three weeks ago to name a Surrey street to remember the victims of the Komagata Maru incident,” said Mayor Doug McCallum.

     

    “Komagata Maru Way is proof that the citizens of Surrey will not forget the injustices of the past and that we are a city that welcomes and embraces people from all over the world.”



    In addition to the commemorative street name signs, Council also approved the installation of a storyboard at R.A Nicholson Park, explaining the history of the Komagata Maru and a city project to document the history and contributions of the earliest South Asian residents in Surrey.


    (Photo unveiling from left to right: Raj Toor – Descendants of the Komagata Maru Society, Mayor Doug McCallum, Councillor Laurie Guerra and Councillor Mandeep Nagra)

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