Tag: ★ 1923-1965
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How UC Berkeley students celebrated independence
What does it feel like to be free? To win self-rule after centuries of colonial rule? I came across this striking article about UC Berkeley students from India and Pakistan celebrating the birth of their new countries together on August 15, 1947. The smiles on their faces are infectious. It’s easy to dismiss Indian and…
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The 1940 Singh Census, and the attack on Indian immigrants
A new history dataset shows the impact of immigration restrictions I’ve been analyzing U.S. Census data to understand the history of Sikh and other South Asian Americans, and I’m excited to release a public dataset of almost a thousand people with the last name “Singh” living in the United States in 1940. (The source data…