In an effort to pay befitting tribute to the patriots and heroes of the Gadar Movement, a US-based organisation of people of Indian origin has announced the Gadar Centennial Commemoration in 2013. 

The Global Organisation for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) recently wrote a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard. It was in 1913 that the Gadar Movement started with the formation of Hindustan Association of the Pacific Coast in 1913 with headquarters in San Francisco; which over the years became a nationalistic movement to liberate India with the force of arms from British colonialism.

The association began publishing a magazine named Gadar which became very popular with expatriates. Over a period of time, the Hindustan Association itself became known as the Gadar party.

"The history of the Gadar movement is a testimony of the deep love that the Indian immigrants had for their motherland, India. The Gadarites wanted India freed from the British and did not hesitate to make any sacrifices for the cause of freedom, dignity and prosperity of their motherland," said California-based Inder Singh, chairman of GOPIO-International. GOPIO International president Ashook Ramsaran said the Gadar Centennial Commemoration would kick-off on August 4, 2012.

 This would be followed by a consecutive series of lecture forum and culminating with a finale of a memorial commemoration in San Francisco on Nov 1, 2013. A series of functions would be held in cities across the world. In the United States it is being planned in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Miami and Atlanta. In Canada functions are being planned in Vancouver, Toronto. It would also be held in Paris, London, Sydney, Auckland, Durban and New Delhi.

New York-based Ramsaran said GOPIO is taking this initiative for a Gadar Centennial Commemoration and seeking support of people of Indian origin, NRI/PIO organizations, agencies and institutions for a joint celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Gadar movement in 2013. GOPIO has developed tentative plans and would finalise these plans soon after the meetings of Centennial Commemoration Committee, he said. "The Gadar Movement is an integral part of the rich heritage in the United States for the Indian Americans and of Indian history. The Gadarites left an extra-ordinary legacy for the future generations and a global centennial commemoration is a fitting and well deserved tribute," Ramsaran said.