Tag Archive | Dalip Singh Saund
Criticism of Indian lobbying in USA
Media reports said that around 1997-98, the Caucus “was content to just bandy its growing numbers and send out press releases about what it was doing to promote US-India relations, but hardly doing anything substantive or tangible with regard to the growth of US-India relations, and more importantly to help address the Indian-American community’s issues […]
Indians in US politics: Local heroes
After Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American to be elected to the Congress, there was a long ‘silence’, as there was hardly any Indian origin political voice in the US. Though the Indian community campaigned for candidates who they thought were best to voice their interests, not many attempts were made to actively participate […]
Political participation of Indians and Dalip Singh Saund
Immigration of Indians to the USA increased after the Luce-Celler Bill of 1946. Between 1945 and 1965, there were 6907 Indians in USA. After the INS Act of 1965, immigration jumped dramatically with 582 immigrants from India and 187 from Pakistan entering the country in that year alone. With improved demographic presence, Indian Americans began […]
South Asian America 