Correct Answer: (c) A ship
Solution:The Komagata Maru incident is about a Japanese steamship called 'Komagata Maru' that voyaged from Hong Kong (part of British Empire) to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada passing through Shanghai, China to Yokohama (Japan) in the year 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, part of British India. The incident got highlighted because out of all the passengers 24 were admitted to Canada, but the other 352 passengers were not allowed inside Canada, and the ship was forcefully returned to India. The ship was carrying the majority of Sikh and Punjabi Muslims passengers. The ship was returned only after two months of privation and uncertainty which later took the form of an embroiled controversy. The belief of Canadian authorities being influenced by British hurt Indians. While the ship returned to Calcutta in September 1914, the passengers were asked to take Punjab-bound train, which they refused and in conflict 22 people died