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	'''Dalip Singh Saund''' (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an American politician who was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He served the [[California's 29th congressional district\|29th District]] of [[California]] from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1963. He was the first [[Asian American]], the first [[Indian American]] and the first member of a non-Abrahamic faith to be elected to the [[United States Congress]].		'''Dalip Singh Saund''' (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an Indian-born American politician who was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He served the [[California's 29th congressional district\|29th District]] of [[California]] from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1963. He was the first [[Asian American]], the first [[Indian American]], the first [[Sikhism in the United States\|Sikh American]], and the first member of a non-[[Abrahamic religions\|Abrahamic faith]] to be elected to the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Lall\|first=Bhuvan\|date=2021-06-25\|title=THE LIFE OF DALIP SINGH SAUND: INDIAN BLOOD AND AMERICAN DREAM\|url=https://thedailyguardian.com/the-life-of-dalip-singh-saund-indian-blood-and-american-dream/\|access-date=2021-11-05\|website=The Daily Guardian\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	[[File:DS Saund.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Photo of Dalip Singh Saund.]]		[[File:DS Saund.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Photo of Dalip Singh Saund.]]
	~~Born~~ in Chhajulwadi, [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab (British India)\|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj\|British India]] (now Chhajjalwaddi, [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], [[India]]), to an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[Punjabis\|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] family~~, he~~ received his [[bachelor's degree]] in mathematics from the [[University of Punjab]] in 1919.		Saund was born in Chhajulwadi, [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab (British India)\|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj\|British India]] (now Chhajjalwaddi, [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], [[India]]), to an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[Punjabis\|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] family. He received his [[bachelor's degree]] in mathematics from the [[University of Punjab]] in 1919.

	He immigrated to the [[United States of America\|United States]] (via [[Ellis Island]]) originally to study [[agriculture]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. While at the university, he obtained a [[master's degree]] (1922) and a [[PhD]] (1924), both in mathematics. His studies were sponsored by [[Gurdwara Sahib Stockton\|Stockton Gurdwara]] in [[Stockton, California]] as he lived in the gurdwara-owned Guru Nanak Khalsa Hostel. Stockton Gurdwara was "the first permanent Sikh American settlement and [[gurdwara]] in the United States."<ref>{{cite news \|url= ~~ftp~~://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/scr_104_bill_20120910_chaptered.html\|title= Relative to the 100-year anniversary of the Sikh American\|date= August 20, 2012 \| work=CA State Legislature}}</ref> He thereafter remained in the United States, becoming a successful farmer. He married Marian Kosa in 1928. They had three children.<ref name="Patterson">{{cite web\|url=https://www-tc.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/dalip.pdf\|title=Triumph and Tragedy of Dalip Saund\|last=Patterson\|first=Tom\|work=California Historian\|date=June 1992\|access-date=September 27, 2020\|via=PBS}}</ref>		He immigrated to the [[United States of America\|United States]] (via [[Ellis Island]]) originally to study [[agriculture]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. While at the university, he obtained a [[master's degree]] (1922) and a [[PhD]] (1924), both in mathematics. His studies were sponsored by [[Gurdwara Sahib Stockton\|Stockton Gurdwara]] in [[Stockton, California]] as he lived in the [[gurdwara]]-owned Guru Nanak Khalsa Hostel. Stockton Gurdwara was "the first permanent Sikh American settlement and gurdwara in the United States."<ref>{{cite news \|url= http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/scr_104_bill_20120910_chaptered.html\|title= Relative to the 100-year anniversary of the Sikh American\|date= August 20, 2012 \| work=CA State Legislature}}</ref> He thereafter remained in the United States, becoming a successful farmer. He married Marian Kosa in 1928. They had three children.<ref name="Patterson">{{cite web\|url=https://www-tc.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/dalip.pdf\|title=Triumph and Tragedy of Dalip Saund\|last=Patterson\|first=Tom\|work=California Historian\|date=June 1992\|access-date=September 27, 2020\|via=PBS}}</ref>

	In 1930, Saund was commissioned by the Khalsa Diwan Society based in California. to write a book called “My Mother India" which was written in support of the [[Indian independence movement]]. Saund wrote that his book was intended to “answer various questions that commonly arise in the minds of the American people regarding the cultural and political problems of India.” His book addressed [[Indian caste system\|India's caste system]] as one of those questions and "pleaded for the civil rights of the downtrodden in India as he compared caste in India to [[Racism in the United States\|racism in America]] and elsewhere."<ref>{{cite news\|url= http://www.singhofjudah.com/2015/07/30/first-asian-u-s-congress-sikh-inspired-civil-rights-principlesl\|title= First Asian Congressman Championed Civil Rights and Denounced Imperialism\|date= July 30, 2015\|work= Singh of Judah}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>		In 1930, Saund was commissioned by the Khalsa Diwan Society based in California to write a book called “My Mother India" which was written in support of the [[Indian independence movement]]. Saund wrote that his book was intended to “answer various questions that commonly arise in the minds of the American people regarding the cultural and political problems of India.” His book addressed [[Indian caste system\|India's caste system]] as one of those questions and "pleaded for the civil rights of the downtrodden in India as he compared caste in India to [[Racism in the United States\|racism in America]] and elsewhere."<ref>{{cite news\|url= http://www.singhofjudah.com/2015/07/30/first-asian-u-s-congress-sikh-inspired-civil-rights-principlesl\|title= First Asian Congressman Championed Civil Rights and Denounced Imperialism\|date= July 30, 2015\|work= Singh of Judah}}{{Dead link\|date=July 2019 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

	Later, he campaigned to allow people of South Asian descent to become naturalized citizens. After the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946\|Luce-Celler Act]] was passed in 1946, he applied for naturalization and became an American citizen in 1949. He ran for election in 1950 as a Justice of the Peace for [[Westmorland, California\|Westmoreland township]], [[California]], and won the election, but his election was thrown out as he had been a citizen for less than a year. He later ran again for the same post and won.<ref>{{cite news \|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/us-canada-news/31641153_1_president-barack-obama-citizenship-study-agriculture\|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120721022931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/us-canada-news/31641153_1_president-barack-obama-citizenship-study-agriculture\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= July 21, 2012\|work= [[The Times of India]]\|title= Dalip Singh Saund among Asian American trailblazers: Obama\|date= May 9, 2012 }}</ref>		Later, he campaigned to allow people of [[South Asian Americans\|South Asian]] descent to become naturalized citizens. After the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946\|Luce-Celler Act]] was passed in 1946, he applied for naturalization and became an American citizen in 1949. He ran for election in 1950 as a Justice of the Peace for [[Westmorland, California\|Westmoreland township]], [[California]], and won the election, but his election was thrown out as he had been a citizen for less than a year. He later ran again for the same post and won.<ref>{{cite news \|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/us-canada-news/31641153_1_president-barack-obama-citizenship-study-agriculture\|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120721022931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/us-canada-news/31641153_1_president-barack-obama-citizenship-study-agriculture\|url-status= dead\|archive-date= July 21, 2012\|work= [[The Times of India]]\|title= Dalip Singh Saund among Asian American trailblazers: Obama\|date= May 9, 2012 }}</ref>

			In November 1955, he announced his campaign to run for the House of Representatives as a [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]] and won an election for an open seat against a famous [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]] aviator, [[Jacqueline Cochran]]. He was re-elected twice, becoming the first [[Sikhism in the United States\|Sikh American]], the first [[Asian American]], the first [[Indian American]] and first member of a non-[[Abrahamic]] faith to be elected to Congress.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Lall\|first=Bhuvan\|date=2021-06-25\|title=THE LIFE OF DALIP SINGH SAUND: INDIAN BLOOD AND AMERICAN DREAM\|url=https://thedailyguardian.com/the-life-of-dalip-singh-saund-indian-blood-and-american-dream/\|access-date=2021-11-05\|website=The Daily Guardian\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	In November 1955, he announced his campaign to run for the House of Representatives as a [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]] and won an election for an open seat against a famous [[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]] aviator, [[Jacqueline Cochran]]. He was re-elected twice, becoming the first Sikh American, the first [[Asian American]], the first [[Indian American]] and first member of a non-[[Abrahamic]] faith to be elected to Congress.
	[[File:Dalip Singh Saund in 1961 - AR6348-A. President John F. Kennedy Meets with Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group (cropped).jpg\|thumb\|Dalip Singh Saund in the Oval Office on February 14, 1961]]
	On May 1, 1962, Saund suffered a severe [[stroke]] on an airplane flight which left him unable to speak or walk without assistance. Though unable to campaign, he won the June Democratic primary (running in the newly numbered [[California's 38th congressional district\|38th district]]) but was defeated for reelection in the November general election by Republican [[Patrick M. Martin]] by a 56% to 44% margin.<ref name=HouseHistory>{{cite web \|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21228 \|title=SAUND, Dalip Singh (Judge) \|website=United States House of Representatives: History, Art, & Archives \|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives \|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>		On May 1, 1962, Saund suffered a severe [[stroke]] on an airplane flight which left him unable to speak or walk without assistance. Though unable to campaign, he won the June Democratic primary (running in the newly numbered [[California's 38th congressional district\|38th district]]) but was defeated for reelection in the November general election by Republican [[Patrick M. Martin]] by a 56% to 44% margin.<ref name=HouseHistory>{{cite web \|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21228 \|title=SAUND, Dalip Singh (Judge) \|website=United States House of Representatives: History, Art, & Archives \|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives \|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>

	Following his defeat, his condition slightly improved allowing him to be moved from a hospital in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] to California. He had a second stroke about 10 years later and died on April 22, 1973 at his [[Hollywood, California\|Hollywood]] home.<ref name=HouseHistory/>		Following his defeat, his condition slightly improved, allowing him to be moved from a hospital in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] to California. He had a second stroke about 10 years later and died on April 22, 1973 at his [[Hollywood, California\|Hollywood]] home.<ref name=HouseHistory/>

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'''Dalip Singh Saund''' (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an American politician who was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He served the [[California's 29th congressional district|29th District]] of [[California]] from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1963. He was the first [[Asian American]], the first [[Indian American]] and the first member of a non-Abrahamic faith to be elected to the [[United States Congress]].

==Biography==
[[File:DS Saund.jpg|thumb|150px|Photo of Dalip Singh Saund.]]
Born in Chhajulwadi, [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now Chhajjalwaddi, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]), to an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] family, he received his [[bachelor's degree]] in mathematics from the [[University of Punjab]] in 1919.

He immigrated to the [[United States of America|United States]] (via [[Ellis Island]]) originally to study [[agriculture]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. While at the university, he obtained a [[master's degree]] (1922) and a [[PhD]] (1924), both in mathematics. His studies were sponsored by [[Gurdwara Sahib Stockton|Stockton Gurdwara]] in [[Stockton, California]] as he lived in the gurdwara-owned Guru Nanak Khalsa Hostel. Stockton Gurdwara was "the first permanent Sikh American settlement and [[gurdwara]] in the United States."<ref>{{cite news |url= ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/scr_104_bill_20120910_chaptered.html|title= Relative to the 100-year anniversary of the Sikh American|date= August 20, 2012 | work=CA State Legislature}}</ref> He thereafter remained in the United States, becoming a successful farmer. He married Marian Kosa in 1928. They had three children.<ref name="Patterson">{{cite web|url=https://www-tc.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/dalip.pdf|title=Triumph and Tragedy of Dalip Saund|last=Patterson|first=Tom|work=California Historian|date=June 1992|access-date=September 27, 2020|via=PBS}}</ref>

In 1930, Saund was commissioned by the Khalsa Diwan Society based in California. to write a book called “My Mother India" which was written in support of the [[Indian independence movement]]. Saund wrote that his book was intended to “answer various questions that commonly arise in the minds of the American people regarding the cultural and political problems of India.” His book addressed [[Indian caste system|India's caste system]] as one of those questions and "pleaded for the civil rights of the downtrodden in India as he compared caste in India to [[Racism in the United States|racism in America]] and elsewhere."<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.singhofjudah.com/2015/07/30/first-asian-u-s-congress-sikh-inspired-civil-rights-principlesl|title= First Asian Congressman Championed Civil Rights and Denounced Imperialism|date= July 30, 2015|work= Singh of Judah}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Later, he campaigned to allow people of South Asian descent to become naturalized citizens. After the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946|Luce-Celler Act]] was passed in 1946, he applied for naturalization and became an American citizen in 1949. He ran for election in 1950 as a Justice of the Peace for [[Westmorland, California|Westmoreland township]], [[California]], and won the election, but his election was thrown out as he had been a citizen for less than a year. He later ran again for the same post and won.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/us-canada-news/31641153_1_president-barack-obama-citizenship-study-agriculture|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120721022931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/us-canada-news/31641153_1_president-barack-obama-citizenship-study-agriculture|url-status= dead|archive-date= July 21, 2012|work= [[The Times of India]]|title= Dalip Singh Saund among Asian American trailblazers: Obama|date= May 9, 2012 }}</ref>

In November 1955, he announced his campaign to run for the House of Representatives as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and won an election for an open seat against a famous [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] aviator, [[Jacqueline Cochran]]. He was re-elected twice, becoming the first Sikh American, the first [[Asian American]], the first [[Indian American]] and first member of a non-[[Abrahamic]] faith to be elected to Congress.
[[File:Dalip Singh Saund in 1961 - AR6348-A. President John F. Kennedy Meets with Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group (cropped).jpg|thumb|Dalip Singh Saund in the Oval Office on February 14, 1961]]
On May 1, 1962, Saund suffered a severe [[stroke]] on an airplane flight which left him unable to speak or walk without assistance. Though unable to campaign, he won the June Democratic primary (running in the newly numbered [[California's 38th congressional district|38th district]]) but was defeated for reelection in the November general election by Republican [[Patrick M. Martin]] by a 56% to 44% margin.<ref name=HouseHistory>{{cite web |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21228 |title=SAUND, Dalip Singh (Judge) |website=United States House of Representatives: History, Art, & Archives |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>

Following his defeat, his condition slightly improved allowing him to be moved from a hospital in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] to California. He had a second stroke about 10 years later and died on April 22, 1973 at his [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] home.<ref name=HouseHistory/>

==Publications authored==
* {{cite book|title=My Mother India|year=c. 1930|publisher=Pacific coast Khalsa Diwan society (Sikh temple)|location=Stockton, California|pages=218|oclc=3401226|lccn=30013748}} {{LCC|DS421 .S25}} {{OCLC|253315388}}<ref>This book was written as a critique to the sensational ''Mother India'', by [[Katherine Mayo]], which argued against Indian self-rule. See: {{cite web|last=Tisdale|first=Sara|title=Breaking Barriers: Congressman Dalip Singh Saund|url=http://www.pewforum.org/Breaking-Barriers-Congressman-Dalip-Singh-Saund.aspx|work=Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|access-date=March 10, 2012|date=December 19, 2008}}</ref>
* {{cite book|title=Congressman From India|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.547568|year=1960|publisher=Dutton|location=New York|pages=192|oclc=1098264|lccn=60012293}} {{LCC|E748.S28 A3}}
* {{cite book|title=Gandhi, the man and his message.|year=n.d.|publisher=n.p.|pages=14|oclc=20750572}}

==See also==
*[[List of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress]]
*[[List of Asian American jurists]]

== References and notes ==
{{reflist}}
{{CongBio|S000075}}
* [https://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/dalip.pdf "Triumph and Tragedy of Dalip Saund" by Tom Patterson, ''California Historian'', June 1992 (PDF)]
* [https://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/i_dalip2.html PBS special "Roots in the Sand"]

==External links==
* [http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/collection/dalip-singh-saund Dalip Singh Saund materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]
* {{Find a Grave|7926672|Dalip Singh Saund}}
* [http://www.saund.org/dalipsaund/ The Dalip Singh Saund web site from the family archives]

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