gdr lihr dy moZI sLhId BfeI myvf isMG lopoky ipRQIpfl isMG mfVImyGf Bfrq dy afjLfdI dy sMgrfm nUM aMjfm dyx ivwc gLdr pfrtI dy sUrbIrF dIaF kurbfnIaF dI bhuq aihmIaq hY. ienHF mhfn dysL BgqF ivwcoN BfeI myvf isMG lopoky nUM sfmrfjI aMgryjL hkUmq ny 11 jnvrI, 1915 nUM ‘vYnkUvr’ ivKy PFsI dy ky sLhId kr idwqf sI. myvf isMG dI sLhIdI df ieh sLqfbdI vrHf hY. myvf isMG df jnm ipMz lopoky, ijLlHf aMimRqsr ivKy hoieaf sI. AunHF df pirvfr iewk sfDfrn iksfn pirvfr sI. cMgI rojLI-rotI dI Bfl ivwc BfeI myvf isMG kYnyzf phuMc gey. kYnyzf ivwc Bfrq vfsIaF ‘qy AuQoN dy lok bhuq juLlm ainaF, durivhfr aqy nslI BydBfv krdy sn. ‘kfmfgftfmfrU’ jhfjL dy musfiPLrF nUM kYnyzf dI DrqI ‘qy Auqrn nf idwqf igaf aqy AunHF nUM smuMdr ivwc zob ky mfrn dI pUrI koisLsL kIqI geI. ies qrHF ihMdIaF df ho irhf kOmI apmfn vyK ky myvf isMG dI jLmIr JMjoVI geI aqy AunHF nUM aihsfs hoieaf ik ies df kfrn sfzI gulfmI hY. (bfkI pMnf 16 ’qy)
Shaheed Bhai Mewa Singh Bhai Mewa Singh Ji came to Canada in 1906, a time when thousands of new Punjabi Sikh immigrants were coming to Canada looking for greener pastures and a better life. Like many Sikh pioneers, Bhai Mewa Singh was employed in the lumber industry and worked at Fraser mills. In his spare time Bhai Mewa Singh Ji used to do seva at the Gurdwara. Bhai Mewa Singh Ji arrived in Canada at a time when racism against non white immigrants was at its peak. As a newcomer to Canada his experience was less than welcoming. Local newspapers portrayed the early Sikh immigrants in a negative cont’d on page 14