Baba Bilga quotes NCERT on Ghadar

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">JALANDHAR: One of the few surviving members of Ghadar movement Baba Bhagat Singh Bilga has condemned the manner in which an attempt is being made by BJP leaders to wipe out the authenticity of the movement and its role in the freedom struggle. <br /><br />Calling the attempt "criminal" he said "we will not allow them to wipe out the truth and distort history." <br /><br />Threatening to demonstrate before the Parliament along with other members of the Deshbhagat Yaadgar Committee, he said the Ghadar movement and the Kuka movements are part of history.Baba Bilga was reacting to the affidavit filed by Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani in the court recently.<br /><br />Quoting from the National Council for Educational Research and Training publication India''s Struggle for Independence (p 50) Baba Bilga said, "The following is an account of the Komagatamaru incident given in the Sedition Committee Report. The 29th of September (1914) occurred the disastrous Budge-Budge riot...the central figure in the narrative is a certain Gurdit Singh, of the Amritsar district in the Punjab, who had emigrated from India 15 years before. The Tribunal that subsequently tried the first batch of Lahore conspirators held that probably Gurdit Singh''s main object was to cause an inflammatory episode."<br /><br />Baba Bilga said the Komagatamaru arrived at Vancouver on 23rd of May with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muhammadans on board. <br /><br /><formid=367815></formid=367815></div> </div>