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Born on July 6, 1949, in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, Balbir Singh Sodhi was a member of the Sikh religion. He was also a husband, and father to three sons and two daughters. [5] [6] He immigrated to the United States in 1989 and initially resided in Los Angeles, where he worked as a computer engineer and analyst at HP.
The first member of Congress to be killed or wounded in office was Henry Wharton Conway who was killed in a duel in 1827. The most recent death occurred in 1983 when Korean Air Lines Flight 007, carrying Larry McDonald, was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. The most recent Congress member to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023.
Dalip Singh Saund (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an Indian-American farmer, academic, lobbyist and Democratic Party politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1963. He was the first Sikh, first Indian American, and first Asian American elected to the United States Congress.
The officials briefed a group of Sikh advocates about the government's ongoing conversations with India in a closed-door meeting organized by the National Security Council, according to the attendees.
Indian government official directed plot to assassinate Sikh American in US - DOJ ... for the 1985 bombing of an Air India Boeing 747 flying from Canada to India in which all 329 people on board ...
Sikh activist Bobby Singh, left, a Sacramento State student, stands in 2019 at a Sikh activism conference in Toronto with Hardeep Nijjar, who was allegedly assassinated by Indian intelligence on ...
The American Sikh Congressional Caucus is a congressional caucus focusing on the interests of the American Sikh community. Co-launched by Judy Chu (D-California) and David Valadao (R-California), [1] the caucus seeks to address issues such as military discrimination, violence and bullying of Sikhs and raise general awareness of Sikhs and their contributions to America.
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