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Launch of the National Coalition of South Asian Organizations (NCSO) takes place in New York.
Indian guest workers trafficked into the U.S. Gulf Coast launch national organizing, advocacy, and litigation campaign to raise awareness about the flawed guest worker program.
Lawsuit filed against Department of Homeland Security for excessive customs screening of certain immigrants, including South Asians, returning from abroad.
Over 150 individuals from nearly 40 organizations working with under served South Asian community members gathered in Washington D.C. for a landmark national summit. e Summit provided a unique opp...
15 immigrant workers, including South Asians, exploited in the workplace file lawsuit against Devi Restaurant in New York City.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented new airport screening procedures affecting individuals wearing head coverings and loose clothing, including those who wear Sikh turbans or M...
As Congress debates the immigration reform, Deepa Iyer, Executive Director of South Asian Americans Leading Together, provides testimony on the impact of immigration policies on the South Asia...
Former Virginia Senator George Allen makes the following comment, which is aimed at a 20-year-old South Asian staffer working for his opponent: “Let’s give a warm welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome t...
Trikone, a national organization that works to empower members of the South Asian LGBTIQ community, launches DesiQ2006, a conference on South Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
The Drug Enforcement Agency launches Operation Meth Merchant, a DEA initiative that targets Indian convenience storeowners and clerks in northwest Georgia. Of the 49 individuals apprehended in the ...
Piyush Bobby Jindal becomes second South Asian American member of Congress. Many South Asians are elected to state office, including Swati Dandekar (Iowa) and Nicky Randhawa Haley (S. Carolina).
In June 2003, Andolan, a South Asian worker's group, helped pass a bill in New York City Hall that demanded a standard contract for domestic workers. Andolan was one of the founding members of the ...
Special Registration program requires men and boys- ages 16 and older- from 25 countries (24 of which are predominantly Muslim countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh), to report to their loca...
FBI reports that after 9/11, reports of violence against Muslims rose by 1600%. Nineteen people are murdered in hate violence in the US related to 9/11.
South Asian organizations, like the Council of Peoples Organization (COPO), are created with the specific intent to decrease incidences of post-9/11 bias and hate crimes.
Many are denied access to counsel and undergo secret hearings. Their countries of origin: #1 Pakistan (33%); #6 India. By Feb. 2002, 327 individuals remain in custody—remainder deported or released...
Attacks are launched against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. According to the report by the 9/11 Commission, More than 2,600 people died at the World Trade Center; 125 died at the Pentagon...
In the week following 9/11, there were 645 reports of bias incidents perceived to be aimed at persons of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent. South Asians Balbir Singh Sodhi of Arizona, Waqar Ha...
U.S. Federal Court found Lakireddy Bali Reddy guilty on counts of bringing undocumented immigrants to the U.S. for immoral sexual purposes. His sentence of 97 months in jail was reinstated in 2006,...
40 Indian computer programmers are arrested in San Antonio for allegedly working at an unauthorized site without appropriate paperwork or status. 23 of the programmers were threatened with deportat...
Hamtramck, Michigan is the first jurisdiction to provide language assistance in a South Asian language- Bengali- to voters following a lawsuit by the Department of Justice. "A National Action Age...
The third wave of South Asian immigrants begins, including H1-B visa holders, students, and working families. http://www.cis.org/articles/2002/back802.html
Victims of the Dotbusters included a South Asian man, Navroze Mody, who was beaten to death with bricks in Hoboken. This killing spree was followed by similar hate crimes in Middlesex County, New J...
Domestic violence organizations for the South Asian community begin to form all over the United States. Organizations formed during this time include: Manavi, formed in 1985 in New Jersey; Sneha, f...
The Indian American Forum for Political Education (IAFPE) is formed with the goal to empower Indian Americans politically by raising civic consciousness and increasing participation in community af...
The National Federation of Indian American Associations is formed, making it the first coalition of Indian organizations in the U.S.
According to the 1980 US Census, the Asian Indian population is recorded at 361,544. "Asian Indian Immigration Patterns: The Origins of the Sikh Community in California" by Juan L. Gonzalez Jr, ...
Bureau of the Census reclassifies immigrants from the Indian subcontinent from white/ Caucasian to Asian Indian.
The director of Office of Federal Contract Compliance at persons of Asian Indian descent are "regarded as white".
South Asian communities begin building religious and cultural organizations all over the U.S.
83% of South Asians enter the United States under employment visas, including 20,000 scientists, 40,000 engineers, and 25,000 medical doctors. Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues By Py...
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removes all quotas based on national origin. This makes possible the second wave of South Asian immigration, which primarily includes scientists, enginee...
Dalip Singh Saund, an Indian American from Imperial Valley, California, is elected to Congress. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms.
Luce - Cellar Bill grants right of naturalization and small immigration quotas to Asian Indians and Filipinos, including a national quota of 100 for immigrants from India.
The Mother Mosque, the first Mosque on U.S. soil, was established on Feb 15 1934 in Cedar Rapids.
The National Origins Quota Act is passed, resulting in barred immigration from Asia.
In U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind, the U.S. Supreme Court declares Asian Indians ineligible for naturalization because while Asian Indians might be “Caucasians,” they are not “white.”
California's Alien Land Laws prohibited any immigrant ineligible for citizenship from owning or leasing land. Indians owned over 120,000 acres in CA.
The Immigrant Act of 1917 defines a geographic "barred zone" (including what is now South Asia) from which no immigrants can come to the U.S.
Sikhs build Khalsa Diwan in Stockton, CA, making it the first gurudwara on United States soil.
In 1914, Kamagata Maru, a Japanese streamliner carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, India, was not allowed to land in Canada and was forced to return to India.
Asian Indians in California and Canada establish the revolutionary Ghadar Party, also known as Pacific Coast Hindustani Association. The Ghadar Party’s primarily aimed to liberate India from Britis...
2,000 Asian Indians enter; anti-Asian sentiment grows. "Roots in the Sand", PBS documentary.
Close to 5,000 men from Punjab find jobs in the American West by 1910. PBS, "Roots in the Sand".
In U.S. v Balsara, the U.S. Supreme Court finds that Asian Indians are “white” persons eligible for citizenship. The racialization of the community would change back and forth over the coming decad...
Canada curbs Asian Indian immigrants by denying entry to immigrants who have not come by "continuous journey" from their homelands.
Chief of bureau of naturalization actively opposed the granting of naturalization to “Hindoos or East Indians”. “Sikhs, Swamis, Students, and Spies: the India lobby in the United States, 1900...
Hundreds of white workers entered the Asian-Indian community in Bellingham, Washington, and drove 700 Asian Indians across the Canadian border. Similar riots occurred in California and in Oregon. ...
Asiatic Exclusion League opposes immigration from Asia, leading to anti-Hindu riots in Washington, California, and Oregon.
Between 1902 and 1906, over 800 Asian Indians arrived in the United States. "Asian Indian Immigration Patterns: The Origins of the Sikh Community in California" by Juan L. Gonzalez Jr, Internat...
Arrivals from India to the U.S. numbered less than 100 a year until 1904 when 258 men from India came to the U.S. The majority of early Indian immigrants to the Pacific Northwest were Sikhs from th...
Nevada became the first state to pass a law specifically barring marriages between whites and Asians.
More than 500,000 Asian Indians are brought to British Guyana, the West Indies, and various French colonies, marking the beginning of the global trend toward “coolie” labor (similar to indentured s...
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