Latest GeneralKnowledge and Current Affairs,GKTODAY,GK,Quiz,Puzzles and More.. » First Indian http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com General knowledge,GK,Quiz,Current affairs,GK Today Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The first India to become member of United States Congress http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/the-first-india-to-become-member-of-united-states-congress-610.htm http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/the-first-india-to-become-member-of-united-states-congress-610.htm#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 17:57:57 +0000 admin http://www.generalknowledgetoday.com/?p=610 Who was the first India to become member of United States Congress?
Dalip Singh Saund was the first Asian American, Indian American and First Sikh to become the member of the United States House of Representatives. He served the 29th District of California from January 3, 1957–January 3, 1963.

Some more info:

  • The first India born person to earn US citizenship was A.K. Mozumdar .
  • The first Indian descent person to be recruited by the US army was Bhagat Singh Thind. He was recruited in 1918.
  • The first India born scholar to win Newbery medal in United States was Dhan Gopal Mukerji.
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Asian champion Suranjoy Singh has become the first Indian boxer to clinch a gold medal at the inter-continental President’s Cup. He out-punched Frenchman Nordine Oubaali 8-1 in the flyweight (51kg) final, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 22-year-old Manipuri’s triumph also fetched him US $3,000 at the prestigious season-ending event, where confederations from Asia, America, Africa, Europe and Oceania are pitted against each other.

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Indian to win Nobel Prize. He won it for literature (Gitanjali) in 1913.

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