W. C. Hopkinson
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William Charles Hopkinson (1880-1914) was a Indian Police officer and later the chief assistant to the Canadian Inspector Immigration who is noted for his role in infiltration and intelligence on the Ghadarite movement in North America in the early 1900s.[1][2][3]
Hopkinson was born in Delhi in 1880 the son of a British army officer William and Agnes Hopkinson. Agnes is believed to have been Indian.[4] In 1903 or 1904, he became an inspector of police in Calcutta. He came to Canada in late 1907 or early 1908. In February 1909, he was hired as an immigration inspector and interpreter, and later became chief assistant to the Canadian inspector of immigration.[5] By 1910 Hopkinson was actively involved in monitoring the Indian immigration and the nationalistic opinions and outlets in North America, especially Canada, and was the principle agent reponsible for a comprehensive British intelligence in the Pacific coast. He was successful in infiltrating the Ghadarite movement after its conception, and in 1914, he was involved in incidences surrounding the Komagata Maru.[6] Hopkinson was assasisanted by a Ghadarite by the name of Sewa Singh in Victoria in October 1914.[7]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Echoes of Freedom:South Asian pioneers in California 1899-1965.. UC, Berkley, Bancroft Library. Retrieved on 2007-11-11.
- ^ Puri 1980
- ^ Jensen 1979
- ^ Johnson 1989, p. 142
- ^ Campbell 1999
- ^ Campbell 1999
- ^ Popplewell 1995, p. 160
- Campbell, Peter (1999), East Meets Left: South Asian Militants and the Socialist Party of Canada in British Columbia,1904-1914.Vol 20, Autumn 1999. p 35-66, International Council for Canadian Studies
- Jensen, Joan M (1979), The "Hindu Conspiracy": A Reassessment. The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 48, No. 1. (Feb., 1979), pp. 65-83, University of California Press, ISSN 0030-8684.
- {Johnson, Hugh J M (1989), The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar., University of British Columbia Press, ISBN 0774803401.
- Popplewell, Richard J (1995), Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire 1904-1924., Routledge, ISBN 071464580X, <http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=071464580X&parent_id=&pc=>.
- Puri, Harish K (1980), Revolutionary Organization: A Study of the Ghadar Movement. Social Scientist, Vol. 9, No. 2/3. (Sep. - Oct., 1980), pp. 53-66, Social Scientist, ISSN: 09700293.
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