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Dalip Singh Saund
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Dalip Singh Saund

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Farmer of California's Imperial Valley who in 1956 became the first Asian American elected to the US Congress.

Dalip Singh Saund was born at Chhajjalwaddi near Amritsar and went to California in 1920 to study. Barred from citizenship, he farmed lettuce in the Imperial Valley and campaigned for Indians' right to naturalise, which came in 1946.

In 1956 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, the first Asian American, the first Indian and the first Sikh in Congress, and served three terms.

Places linked to Dalip Singh Saund

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November 1956 · A Punjabi in Congress

In the world's museums

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Dalip SinghDalip Singhca. 1850 - ca. 1870 · Lahore© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗

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