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Couple Travels 12000 Kilometers from Canada to Find Ancestral Village in Ballia Using 1871 British Document
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News18•09-10-2026, 13:16
Couple Travels 12000 Kilometers from Canada to Find Ancestral Village in Ballia Using 1871 British Document
- •An elderly couple from Toronto, Canada, traveled 12000 kilometers to find their ancestral village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh after 155 years.
- •They used a historical 1871 immigration document bearing British signatures to trace their family roots after searching for 15 days.
- •The couple reached Belauna Tola village on October 3 with the help of Panchayat Secretary Mithilesh Kumar Pandey.
- •Imtej shared that his ancestors were sent to Canada as laborers in 1871 when his grandmother was just 14 years old.
- •The couple became deeply emotional and tears welled up in their eyes upon finally stepping onto their ancestral land.
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Using an old immigration document from 1871, the couple traced their roots to Belauna Tola village, which falls under the Kharsara Gram Panchayat in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
The 1871 document bore the signatures of two British officials from that era and recorded information related to the ancestors' address, which helped the couple find their ancestral village.
According to Imtej, his grandmother and her siblings were sent to Canada as laborers in the year 1871 when they were children, and subsequent generations continued to live there.
