Bhagat Singh Thind

Bhagat Singh Thind was an IndianAmerican Sikh writer, scientist and a lecturer on spirituality who was involved in an important legal battle over the rights of Indians to obtain U.S. citizenship.

Born on October 3, 1892, in the village of Taragarh Talawa of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India which now officially called Taragarh listed as number 68 in this record. He belonged to Thind clan. Present day Thind family of India standing at Village TaragarhTalawan in District Amritsar, where Dr. Thind was born as shown in website by his son. Bhagat Singh Thind came to the U.S. in 1913 to pursue higher education in an American university. However, on July 22, 1918, he was recruited by the US Army to fight in World War I. A few months later, on November 8, 1918, Bhagat Singh, was promoted to the rank of an Acting Sergeant. He received an honorable discharge on December 16, 1918, with his character designated as excellent.

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