Indian American history
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 category. For a timeline of immigration and classification of Indian Americans, see the History and Immigration section of the Indian American page.
[edit] 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
[edit] External links
This article relating to the history of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
