Indian American history

Indian American history

This is a placeholder for chronicling the saga of Indians settled in the United States (and to a lesser extent, the history of Indians in Canada). For contemporary information, please see the Indian American page. For all pages relating to Indian American history, please see the . For a timeline of immigration and classification of Indian Americans, see the History and Immigration section of the Indian American page.

First Immigration Wave from India (1890 – 1965)

* Turban Tide and Hindoo Invasion (sic) - xenophobia of new immigrants led by the Asiatic Exclusion League
* Bellingham riots - hundreds of white men form an angry mob and beat, loot, and forcefully evict Indian Americans from their residences.
* Ghadar Party Indian Nationalist organisation set up to rid India of the British Raj
* United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind - ruling that Indians should be classified as Asian and hence ineligible for citizenship
* Luce-Celler Act of 1946 - amendment to make Indians and Filipinos eligible for citizenship

External links

* [http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/h_es/h_es_korit_histical.htm A historical perspective of Americans of Asian Indian origin 1790–1997]


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