DALJIT SINGH (d. 1937), one of the passengers on board the S.S. Komagata Maru, was born at the village of Kauni, now in Faridkot district. He passed his matriculation examination and became assistant editor on the Panjabi Bhain, a journal sponsored by Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Firozpur, to promote the cause of women`s education. At the age of 21, he left the Punjab to seek avenues for further education abroad. In Hong Kong, he met Baba Gurdit Singh, then negotiating the chartering of the S.S. Komagata Maru to take Indians to Canada after the country had passed new and stricter immigration laws.
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