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Indians immortalised in US history

Updated On Feb 26, 2014 11:25 AM IST
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Swami Vivekananda and guests at Green Acre School, Eliot, Maine, ca. 1894. (Photo courtesy: Eliot Baha’i Archives and Maine Memory Network/Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Swami Vivekananda and guests at Green Acre School, Eliot, Maine, ca. 1894. (Photo courtesy: Eliot Baha’i Archives and Maine Memory Network/Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program)

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Indian Youth Against Racism, a group from Columbia University, documented violence against Indians in New Jersey and implemented educational programs on South Asian cultures in Jersey City schools. The group also helped pass a bill in the New Jersey legislature raising mandatory penalties for "bias” crimes. (Photo: Corky Lee) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Indian Youth Against Racism, a group from Columbia University, documented violence against Indians in New Jersey and implemented educational programs on South Asian cultures in Jersey City schools. The group also helped pass a bill in the New Jersey legislature raising mandatory penalties for "bias” crimes. (Photo: Corky Lee)

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Indian immigrants work on railway construction, Pacific and Eastern Railroad, Oregon, ca. 1906. (Photo courtesy: Southern Oregon Historical Society (#1603)/Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Indian immigrants work on railway construction, Pacific and Eastern Railroad, Oregon, ca. 1906. (Photo courtesy: Southern Oregon Historical Society (#1603)/Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program)

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Indian tabla player Shankar Ghosh and Indian classical vocalist Sanjukta Ghosh, c. 1970. (Photo courtesy: Ali Akbar Khan Foundation/Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Indian tabla player Shankar Ghosh and Indian classical vocalist Sanjukta Ghosh, c. 1970. (Photo courtesy: Ali Akbar Khan Foundation/Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program)

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An Indian immigrant worker harvests beets in Hamilton City, California, for the Sacramento Valley Sugar Company, ca. 1907–1915. (Photo courtesy: California State University, Chico, Meriam Library Special Collections) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An Indian immigrant worker harvests beets in Hamilton City, California, for the Sacramento Valley Sugar Company, ca. 1907–1915. (Photo courtesy: California State University, Chico, Meriam Library Special Collections)

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The Sharma family in San Francisco, 1983. (Photo: Prithvi Sharma) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The Sharma family in San Francisco, 1983. (Photo: Prithvi Sharma)

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DJ, producer and activist Rekha Malhotra, popularly known as DJ Rekha, is credited with popularising bhangra (Punjabi folk music) in America. (Photo courtesy: Eco Magazine) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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DJ, producer and activist Rekha Malhotra, popularly known as DJ Rekha, is credited with popularising bhangra (Punjabi folk music) in America. (Photo courtesy: Eco Magazine)

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Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, with senators John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson, 1958. (Photo courtesy: Eric Saund) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, with senators John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson, 1958. (Photo courtesy: Eric Saund)

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