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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{{ | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Jagjit Singh | |||
| birth_name = Jagjit Singh | |||
| birth_date = October 5, 1897 | |||
| birth_place = Rawalpindi, [[British India]] (now in Pakistan) | |||
| death_date = 1976 (aged 78–79) | |||
| death_place = [[United States]] | |||
| other_names = J. J. Singh | |||
| occupation = [[activist]] | |||
| known_for = [[lobbying]] for the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]] | |||
| years_active = 1926–1959 | |||
| organization = [[India League of America]] | |||
}} | |||
[[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''' ( | '''Jagjit Singh''', better known as '''J. J. Singh''' (October 5, 1897 – 1976), was an [[Indian Americans|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> | ||
== Biography == | |||
Singh was born in [[Rawalpindi]], [[British India]], on October 5, 1897.<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> | |||
From 1926 to 1959, he lived in the United States; he ran a successful textile import business in New York City and [[lobbying|lobbied]] for the passage of the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]], which permitted [[Indian people|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 |journal=Journal of American Ethnic History |year=2012 |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=68–103 |jstor=10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068 |url-access=subscription }}</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> | |||
== Personal life == | |||
Singh married Malti Saksena, daughter of [[Ramji Saksena]], a diplomat with Indian Consulate.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-09-20 |title=TROTH ANNOUNCED OF MALTI SAKSENA; Daughter of India Ex-Official Here Will Become Bride of Sirdar J.J. Singh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/09/20/archives/troth-announced-of-malti-saksena-daughter-of-india-exofficial-here.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
His granddaughter [[Sabrina Singh]] has served as the Deputy [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] [[Press Secretary]] in the [[United States Department of Defense]]. | |||
==References== | == References == | ||
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Jagjit Singh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jagjit Singh October 5, 1897 Rawalpindi, British India (now in Pakistan) |
| Died | 1976 (aged 78–79) |
| Other names | J. J. Singh |
| Occupation | activist |
| Years active | 1926–1959 |
| Organization | India League of America |
| Known for | lobbying for the Luce–Celler Act of 1946 |
Jagjit Singh, better known as J. J. Singh (October 5, 1897 – 1976), was an Indian-American activist and president of the India League of America.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Singh was born in Rawalpindi, British India, on October 5, 1897.[4][5]
From 1926 to 1959, he lived in the United States; 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]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Singh married Malti Saksena, daughter of Ramji Saksena, a diplomat with Indian Consulate.[8] His granddaughter Sabrina Singh has served as the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the United States Department of Defense.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "TROTH ANNOUNCED OF MALTI SAKSENA; Daughter of India Ex-Official Here Will Become Bride of Sirdar J.J. Singh". The New York Times. September 20, 1951. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
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