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    • Bhagat Singh Thind (October 3, 1892 – September 15, 1967) was an Indian American writer and lecturer on spirituality who served in the United States Army during World War I and was involved in a Supreme Court case over the right of Indian people to obtain United States citizenship. Thind enlisted in the United States Army a few months before the en… See more

    Early life

    Thind was born on October 3, 1892, in the village of Taragarh Talawa of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab in … See more

    Arrival in the United States

    Bhagat Singh Thind arrived in the United States in 1913 to pursue higher education at an American university. On July 22, 1918, he was recruited by the United States Army to fight in World War I, and on November … See more

    BornOctober 3, 1892 · Taragarh Talawa, Amritsar, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
    DiedSeptember 15, 1967 (aged 74) · Los Angeles, California, United States
    CitizenshipBritish Indian (1892–1918) · American (1918–1967)
    Spouse(s)Chint Kaur · Inez Buelen · (m. 1923; div. 1927) · Vivian Davies (m. 1940)
    First United States citizenship

    Thind received his certificate of US citizenship on December 9, 1918, wearing military uniform as he was still serving in the United States Army. However, the Bureau of Naturalization did not agree with the decision of … See more

    Second United States citizenship

    Thind applied for United States citizenship again from the neighboring State of Oregon, on May 6, 1919. The same Bureau of Naturalization official who revoked Thind's citizenship tried to convince the judge to refuse citiz… See more

    Supreme Court appeal

    The Bureau of Naturalization appealed against the judge's decision to the next higher court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which sent the case to the Supreme Court for ruling on the following two questio… See more

    Third and final United States citizenship

    Thind petitioned for naturalization a third time through the state of New York in 1935 after the Congress passed the Nye-Lea Act, which made World War I veterans eligible for naturalization regardless of race. Based on h… See more

    Death

    Thind was writing a book when he died on September 15, 1967. He was outlived by his wife, Vivian, whom he had married in March 1940, his daughter, Rosalind Stubenberg and son, David Bhagat Thind. Two of his books wer… See more

     
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