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Dr. Pritpal Singh is the founder of the American Sikh Caucus Committee. He came to the United States after the Sikh Genocide of 1984 and has lived in California for over three decades. Dr.
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 member of Congress to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023.
The FBI is investigating an Aug. 11 drive-by shooting that targeted a California activist with close ties to Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was fatally shot last year in a ...
Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several ...
Dalip Singh Saund (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an Indian-born American farmer, lobbyist, judicial officer, academic, and Democratic Party politician who served 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 following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1950 and 1999. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in office, see List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.
Advocates are calling for a hate crimes investigation after a Sikh man in New York was beaten to death in an alleged road rage incident.. Jasmer Singh, 66, was driving his wife home from a doctor ...
Sikhs for Justice, a New York–based group, pledged a $10,000 award to Murphy. [40] Two Sikh residents of Yuba City, California donated another $100,000 to Lieutenant Murphy and praised his bravery. [42] Included among the injured was Baba Punjab Singh, a Sikh Granthi who was shot in the head. He was left partially paralyzed, unable to breathe ...