Celebrating the centenary of the Ghadar Party, in Oregon
“Indians, many of whom were Sikh, worked at the Hammond Mill before its demise in 1922. During that time period, the Indians left their mark on Astoria, participating in wrestling matches, occupying Alderbrook also known as “Hindu Alley,” and forming the Ghadar political party. Courtesy of Clatsop County Historical Society.” (source: The Daily Astorian)
One of the legacies of the earliest Sikh and Indian immigrants to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century was the creation of the Ghadar Party, a political movement based in northern California that sought to promote India’s liberation from British rule.
Led by Indian expatriates in the United States, the Ghadar Party was formed in 1913. One of its main activities was the publishing of literature to promote resistance to British rule and for a free India. Obviously a threat to the ruling class, the literature was banned in India, and upon their capture, the Ghadarites were often imprisoned or executed as terrorists by the British.
This year, the San Francisco headquarters of the Ghadar Party has been opened to the public by the Indian Consulate as a museum. The printing press that the Ghadar Party used to print their literature is also now on display at the Gurdwara in Stockton, California. However, while it was previously believed that the Ghadar Party was founded in California, historians now place the genesis of the movement further north in the state of Oregon, where Johanna Ogden recently mapped a forgotten (and primarily) Sikh settlement of laborers in 1910 known as “Hindu Alley”.
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My partner, Karjit Singh, and I are very interested in this event. He owns Gandhi's: An East Indian Cafe in Portland. Though I have read much about the Sikhs coming to the Americas, Karjit was not aware that Punjabis settled in Astoria. He knows many Punjabi's and is anxious to know more details so he can spread the news about the event. Though i live in Portland, i would like to helped if I can, even if that means spreading the news.. I am the archivist at Oregon Health & Science Universities. KAREN PETERSON
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Glad to see the updates. Centenary of the Ghadar party, I wonder how it will be next.
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