Mewa Singh Lopoke

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Mewa Singh Lopoke (Punjabi: ਮੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਲੋਪੋਕੇ) was a Sikh activist in Canada who was a member of the Vancouver branch of the Ghadar Party, which called for the overthrow of British rule in India. On October 21, 1914, Mewa Singh murdered a Canadian immigration inspector, W. C. Hopkinson, a political act of violence for which he was executed. In the eyes of Sikh Canadians, Mewa Singh's assassination of Hopkinson was a display of martyrdom, one which they commemorate annually. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Mewa Singh Lopoke
rdf:langString Mewa Singh
rdf:langString Mewa Singh
xsd:date 1915-01-11
rdf:langString Lopoke, Punjab Province, British India
xsd:integer 59973953
xsd:integer 1097217976
xsd:integer 1881
rdf:langString Portrait of Mewa Singh drawn by Sikh-Canadian artist Jarnail Singh
xsd:date 1915-01-11
rdf:langString Murder of W.C. Hopkinson
rdf:langString ਮੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ
rdf:langString Unmarried
rdf:langString Mewa Singh Lopoke (Punjabi: ਮੇਵਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਲੋਪੋਕੇ) was a Sikh activist in Canada who was a member of the Vancouver branch of the Ghadar Party, which called for the overthrow of British rule in India. On October 21, 1914, Mewa Singh murdered a Canadian immigration inspector, W. C. Hopkinson, a political act of violence for which he was executed. In the eyes of Sikh Canadians, Mewa Singh's assassination of Hopkinson was a display of martyrdom, one which they commemorate annually.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger 25282
xsd:gYear 1881
xsd:gYear 1915

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