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Sikhs, Swamis, Students and Spies: The India Lobby in the United States, 1900-1946
Sikhs Swamis Students and Spies The India Lobby in the United States 19001946 Author:Harold Gould This book is a fascinating history of the India lobby in America in the pre-independence era - a little known chapter in the history of modern India. It documents the travails of early Indian migrants to North America and Canada from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of World War II. It captures their prolonged struggle for obtaining ... more »civil rights, and promoting the cause of India s freedom beyond the borders of the subcontinent. Based on literature and insights dispersed in not easily accessible sources, the book is interspersed with narratives and also provides biographical sketches of the key actors -both Indian and American. It examines their role in the origin and development of the India lobby in the US and Canada, highlighting the community s journey from the beginnings of politicization to the height of political lobbying during the Second World War. Lucidly written and vastly engrossing, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, history, sociology, and, of course, the lay reader.« less