I didn't know that...
Today's been a really interesting day for me. I've learnt a lot. First I learnt that Khalistan was already created, and then, in actual news, while I was reading this column, I learnt that there was once a SIKH congressman in the United States House of Representatives. His name was Dilip Singh Saund.
No one's ever told me that before, and I doubt that many people even know!
He wasn't only the first "Indian-American" elected, he was the first "Asian-American" elected, period. There hasn't been an Indian American elected until this past November, when a born-again Christian - Bobby Jindal won a seat easily in Louisiana.
And the saddest thing is that, I'm doing a search for his biography online, and I haven't come up with anything substantive.
This article is the best I could find. He was elected in 1956. Amazing, huh?
Joe Wilson, a Republican congressman from South Carolina tabled a motion in August to display a portrait of Dilip Singh in the capital building.
No one's ever told me that before, and I doubt that many people even know!
He wasn't only the first "Indian-American" elected, he was the first "Asian-American" elected, period. There hasn't been an Indian American elected until this past November, when a born-again Christian - Bobby Jindal won a seat easily in Louisiana.
And the saddest thing is that, I'm doing a search for his biography online, and I haven't come up with anything substantive.
This article is the best I could find. He was elected in 1956. Amazing, huh?
Joe Wilson, a Republican congressman from South Carolina tabled a motion in August to display a portrait of Dilip Singh in the capital building.
posted by Japnaam Singh at
12:24 AM
3 Comments:
Dilip Singh Saund also wrote a book, called Congressman From India, which I read awhile back. It's hard to find -- maybe at one of the big university libraries in Vancouver? He has some interesting stuff in it.
Unfortunately, he doesn't even really talk about the part where he cut his hair.
You can see a picture of him (and the book), here.
Sorry, I forgot to identify myself in the previous comment.
BTW, his name is sometimes spelled Dilip, and sometimes Dalip. Try it both ways.
he also converted to christianity to good job jack ass japnaam. something to be REAL proud of! good on you!
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