Sunday Special- A Pioneer's Fully 'Realized Life'!

 A Pioneer's Fully 'Realized Life'


  • Dr .Bhagat Singh-An Indian, 'So called' Hindoo, a Sikh-Kamboj-Thind ,who got Federal law of America's citizenship scraped and made non-white's entry into America Possible after legal battle for 20  years, July ,17,1917 to March 02,1936 losing the case in high courts twice and once in supreme court and succeeded in supreme court in the 4th attempt, becoming the first person from the Indian subcontinent to become an American citizen.
  • Centenary celebration( in the White house on June 12,2013) of Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind's landing in USA in July 1913 ,
    Bhagat Singh Thind came to America, from Indian Punjab, in pursuit of higher education.Bhagat Singh Thind's centennia (100th Anniversary) July 04, 2013.Bhagat Singh Thind was the first non-white to set foot on the American Soil on July 04,1913.
    Upon arriving in America, Thind immersed himself in academia and enlisted at the University of California, Berkeley. Pursuing enlightenment and a deeper understanding of the world.                                      

    • The Battle for Whiteness: United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind and How Courts Upheld White Dominance
    The Battle for Whiteness: United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind and How Courts Upheld White Dominance
    Sergent Bhagat Singh Thind in US army
    Bhagat Singh Thind: The soldier whose fight for US ...
    Bhagat Singh Thind: The soldier who fought for US in First World war After his petition was granted, government attorneys initiated a proceeding to cancel Thind's naturalization and a trial followed in which the government presented evidence of Thind's political activities as a founding member of the Ghadar Party, an Indian independence movement headquartered in San Francisco. He attempted to be classified as a "free white person" within the meaning of the Naturalization Act based on the fact that Indians and Europeans share common descent from Proto-Indo-Europeans. The Court unanimously rejected Thind's argument, adding that Thind did not meet a "common sense" definition of white, ruling that Thind could not become a naturalized citizen. 
    On February 19th, 1923, Bhagat Singh Thind was denied American citizenship by the Supreme Court. Almost two decades later, he struggled for his freedom in a prison cell. Thind fought case for 20 years, lost twice in lower courts and once in Supreme court and Ultimately won the case in Supreme court for citizenship for all non-whites.
    My Research about Background of the Great Fighter, achiever and History maker! The news of Celebrations of 100th anniversary on July 4 ,2013 of Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind's landing in USA aroused Curiosity to know background of great man.The Thind Sur name in India is popular in Two cities of Punjab, Amritsar and Ludhiana. Ludhiana Thinds consider themselves as Jat Sikhs and Amritsar's Thinds are Kamboj- Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists. Bhagat Singh being turbaned Sikh, I presumed that he may have Amritsar connection. After reorganisation of state of Punjab in 1966 I was transferred from Kulu to Amritsar in Nov.1966 and remained posted as SDO PWD, building and roads for 3 years, as such was familiar about every nook and corner of Amritsar. After his high school graduation in 1908, Dr. Thind enrolled at Khalsa College in Amritsar and obtained his college degree. This led me to believe that Dr. Thind might be from Kamboj clan. Having learned that Bhagat Sing was born in 1892 in a well-known military family of village Taragarh/Talawan,(I used to share my research work with my wife). She told me that her mother Swaran Kaur Josun's maiden name was Swaran Kaur Thind and that she was also born in village Taragarh in Talwan Sub-Tehsil and village Taragarh and that this village is inhabited largely by Kamboj community. I had got constructed Taragarh -Talwan link road constructed in 1968 and had learned about Bhagat Singh's ancestors. His father, S. Boota Singh Thind, was retired as Subedar Major from the British Indian Army. His mother, Isher Kaur, died when Dr. Thind was only a young child.

    • Dr. Thind’s ancestors had earlier served in the Sikh army of Maharaja Ranjit and even before that, in the Marjeewra(A man not afraid of death) Sikh fauj(Army) of 10th Lord,Guru Gobind Singh. This earned a good name as a Warriors’ family. S. Boota Singh Thind, his family, and all his relatives were very dedicated Sikhs and had actively participated in Sikh Morcha for possessions of lands belonging to Gurudwara Pheru, at Lahore in 1924 and earlier in Nankana Sahib Morcha of 1921 (In which out of 86 Singh Shaheeds, 32 were the Kamboj Singhs). S. Boota Singh Thind was jailed for several years and lost his military pension as a consequence. He had also persuaded numerous other Kamboj Singhs of Shekhupuru to actively participate in the movement. Thus, it is clear that Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind had inherited the love for Sikhism and humanity from his devoted Sikh parents and relatives as mentioned above. Thind family of India standing at Village Taragarh/Talawan in District Amritsar, where Dr. Thind was born
    1. 1.Hira Singh Thind (Bhagat Singh Thind’s Brother) 2.Basant Thind (Hira’s wife),3.Balwant Singh Thind (Hira’s son),4.Jagat Singh Thind (Bhagat Singh Thind’s Brother) 5.Inder Kaur (Jagat’s wife) 6.Harbhajan Singh Thind (Jagat’s son),7.Pritam Thind Jagat's daughter.

    Writings
    • Radiant Road to Reality
    • Science of Union with God
    • The Pearl of Greatest Price
    • House of Happiness
    • Jesus, The Christ: In the Light of Spiritual Science (Vol. I, II, III)
    • The Enlightened Life
    • Tested Universal Science of Individual Meditation in Sikh Religion
    • Divine Wisdom (Vol. I, II, III)

      Posthumously released
    • Troubled Mind in a Torturing World and their Conquest
    • Winners and Whiners in this Whirling World
    1. -Tejinder Kamboj
    1.                         (1940-20??)
     

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