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More accurate. His advocacy and career as an activist was always for the Indian community as whole, and for the independence of India as a whole, not specifically for Punjab. He was President of the Indian League of America after all. |
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[[File:TRUMANLUCECELLER.jpg|thumb|right|Singh, third from right, observing President [[Harry S. Truman]] signing the Luce-Celler Act of 1946.]] | [[File:TRUMANLUCECELLER.jpg|thumb|right|Singh, third from right, observing President [[Harry S. Truman]] signing the Luce-Celler Act of 1946.]] | ||
'''Jagjit Singh''', better known as '''J. J. Singh''' (born October 5, 1897 in [[Rawalpindi]], present-day [[Pakistan]]; died 1976)<ref>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |title=The Man Who Fought to Bring Indian-American Dreams and Hopes to Life |date=September 19, 2020 |first=Rajnish |last=Wattas |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-man-who-fought-to-bring-indian-american-dreams-and-hopes-to-life/articleshow/77925045.cms |work=India Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://scroll.in/global/968375/the-story-of-one-mans-efforts-to-bring-indian-american-dreams-and-hopes-to-life |title=JJ Singh: The story of one man's efforts to bring Indian-American dreams and hopes to life |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=July 30, 2020 |first=Anu |last=Kumar |accessdate=October 8, 2020 }}</ref> was an | '''Jagjit Singh''', better known as '''J. J. Singh''' (born October 5, 1897 in [[Rawalpindi]], present-day [[Pakistan]]; died 1976)<ref>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |title=The Man Who Fought to Bring Indian-American Dreams and Hopes to Life |date=September 19, 2020 |first=Rajnish |last=Wattas |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-man-who-fought-to-bring-indian-american-dreams-and-hopes-to-life/articleshow/77925045.cms |work=India Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://scroll.in/global/968375/the-story-of-one-mans-efforts-to-bring-indian-american-dreams-and-hopes-to-life |title=JJ Singh: The story of one man's efforts to bring Indian-American dreams and hopes to life |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=July 30, 2020 |first=Anu |last=Kumar |accessdate=October 8, 2020 }}</ref> was an Indian-American activist and president of the India League of America.<ref name=atlantic>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/kamala-harris-india-politics-singh/616624/ |title=Kamala Harris and the 'Other 1 Percent' |first=Dinyar |last=Patel |date=October 7, 2020 |work=The Atlantic }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1951/03/24/one-man-lobby |title=One-Man Lobby |date=March 17, 1951 |first=Robert |last=Shaplen |work=New Yorker }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |url=https://scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/bitstream/handle/10066/14442/2014ShahN_thesis.pdf |title=The Luce-Celler Act of 1946: White Nationalism, Indian Nationalism and the Cosmopolitan Elite |first=Neilay |last=Shah |date=April 25, 2014 |publisher=Haverford College }}</ref> He lived in the United States from 1926 to 1959, during which time he ran a successful textile import business in New York City and lobbied for the passage of the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]], which permitted Indians to naturalize in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |doi=10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068 |title=J. J. Singh and the India League of America, 1945-1959: Pressing at the Margins of the Cold War Consensus |first=Robert |last=Shaffer |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068?seq=1 |journal=Journal of American Ethnic History |year=2012 |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=68–103 |jstor=10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.2307/3636886|jstor=3636886|title=The "Hindu" in America: Immigration and Naturalization Policies and India, 1917-1946|year=1969|last1=Hess|first1=Gary R.|journal=Pacific Historical Review|volume=38|issue=1|pages=59–79}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 28 September 2021
Jagjit Singh, better known as J. J. Singh (born October 5, 1897 in Rawalpindi, present-day Pakistan; died 1976)[1][2] was an Indian-American activist and president of the India League of America.[3][4][5] He lived in the United States from 1926 to 1959, during which time he ran a successful textile import business in New York City and lobbied for the passage of the Luce–Celler Act of 1946, which permitted Indians to naturalize in the United States.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Wattas, Rajnish (September 19, 2020). "The Man Who Fought to Bring Indian-American Dreams and Hopes to Life". India Times. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ↑ Kumar, Anu (July 30, 2020). "JJ Singh: The story of one man's efforts to bring Indian-American dreams and hopes to life". Scroll.in. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ↑ Patel, Dinyar (October 7, 2020). "Kamala Harris and the 'Other 1 Percent'". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ↑ Shaplen, Robert (March 17, 1951). "One-Man Lobby". New Yorker. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ↑ Shah, Neilay (April 25, 2014). The Luce-Celler Act of 1946: White Nationalism, Indian Nationalism and the Cosmopolitan Elite (PDF) (Thesis). Haverford College.
- ↑ Shaffer, Robert (2012). "J. J. Singh and the India League of America, 1945-1959: Pressing at the Margins of the Cold War Consensus". Journal of American Ethnic History. 31 (2): 68–103. doi:10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068. JSTOR 10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ↑ Hess, Gary R. (1969). "The "Hindu" in America: Immigration and Naturalization Policies and India, 1917-1946". Pacific Historical Review. 38 (1): 59–79. doi:10.2307/3636886. JSTOR 3636886.
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