During the First World War he joined the East African Indian National Congress . In 1919 he led a delegation to India to present a case to Indian nationalists for the colonisation of East Africa , citing that it was in conformity with the laws of equity , justice and British citizenship . His delegation was undermined by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which occurred during his visit and a shift in mood amongst nationalists to rejecting the concept of imperial citizenship . To Shams-ud-Deen and the Congress , it also highlighted the diverging interests between Indian nationalists and the sub-imperialist ambitions of Indian merchants in East Africa
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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