South Asian Immigration Flashcards
1910 Balsara Case
held that Asian Indians were Caucasians and hence entitled to be considered “white persons” eligible to citizenship under the 1790 law
1913 Ajkoy Kumar Mazumdar decisions
held that Asian Indians were Caucasians and hence entitled to be considered “white persons”
1917 Immigration Act (Asiatic Barred Zone Act)
banned all undesirables and all those living in the Asiatic Barred Zone
1919 Rowlatt Act of India
legislation passed by the imperial legislative council, the legislature of British India, which allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial (martial law)
1922 Cable Act
REVERSED former immigration laws regarding marriage (aka married women’s citizenship act)
1923 U.S. vs. Bhagat Singh Thind
Supreme Court ruled that Asian Indians were ineligible to naturalization. Court held that the term “white person” meant an immigrant from northern or western Europe and Asian Indians were established as Caucasian, but not white.
1924 Immigration Act
denied immigrant quotas to peoples ineligible for naturalization
Ghadar party (1913)
disseminated revolutionary message through the weekly newspaper, Ghader, and basically inspired nationalism
-promoted Indian independence, included all 3 faiths, believed poor treatment in N. America related to colonization of India
Hindustani Welfare Reform Society
secular organization that dealt with social and political needs
-3 faiths: Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu
Taraknath Das/Free Hindustan (1908)
anti-British Bengali Indian revolutionary who studied at the University of Washington published “The Free Hindustan”
Khalsa Diwans
Community social services for Sikh laborers and students
Cable Act (1922)/ 3 mile loophole
reversed former immigration laws regarding marriage
