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    • United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian Sikh man who identified himself as an Aryan, was ineligible for naturalized citizenship in the United States. In 1919, Thind filed a petition for naturalization under the Naturalization Act of 190… 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)
    Background

    Bhagat Singh Thind had come to the United States in 1913 for higher studies after obtaining a bachelor's degree in India. He enlisted in the United States Army, became a Sergeant and served in World War I. He was discha… See more

    Argument

    Thind argued that Indo-Aryan languages are indigenous to the Aryan part of India in the same way that Aryan languages are indigenous to Europe, highlighting the linguistic ties between Indo-Aryan speakers and Europe… See more

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  1. United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian Sikh man who identified himself as an Aryan, was ineligible for naturalized citizenship in the United States.

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    Identifying himself as an Aryan, in 1923, the Supreme Court ruled against him in the case United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, which retroactively denied all Indian Americans the right to obtain United States citizenship for failing to meet the definition of a "white person", "person of African descent", or " alien of African nativity".

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    WEBBhagat Singh Thind (October 3, 1892 – September 15, 1967) was an Indian American writer and lecturer on spirituality who served in the …

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