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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Jagjit Singh<br />
| birth_name = Jagjit Singh<br />
| birth_date = October 5, 1897<br />
| birth_place = Rawalpindi, [[British India]] (now in Pakistan)<br />
| death_date = 1976 (aged 78–79)<br />
| death_place = [[United States]]<br />
| other_names = J. J. Singh<br />
| occupation = [[activist]]<br />
| known_for = [[lobbying]] for the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]]<br />
| years_active = 1926–1959<br />
| organization = [[India League of America]]<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:TRUMANLUCECELLER.jpg|thumb|right|Singh, third from right, observing President [[Harry S. Truman]] signing the Luce-Celler Act of 1946.]]<br />
'''Jagjit Singh''', better known as '''J. J. Singh''' (October 5, 1897 – 1976), was an [[Indian Americans|Indian-American]] activist and president of the [[India League of America]].<ref name=atlantic>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/kamala-harris-india-politics-singh/616624/ |title=Kamala Harris and the 'Other 1 Percent' |first=Dinyar |last=Patel |date=October 7, 2020 |work=The Atlantic }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1951/03/24/one-man-lobby |title=One-Man Lobby |date=March 17, 1951 |first=Robert |last=Shaplen |work=New Yorker }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |url=https://scholarship.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/bitstream/handle/10066/14442/2014ShahN_thesis.pdf |title=The Luce-Celler Act of 1946: White Nationalism, Indian Nationalism and the Cosmopolitan Elite |first=Neilay |last=Shah |date=April 25, 2014 |publisher=Haverford College }}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Singh was born in [[Rawalpindi]], [[British India]], on October 5, 1897.<ref>{{cite news |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |title=The Man Who Fought to Bring Indian-American Dreams and Hopes to Life |date=September 19, 2020 |first=Rajnish |last=Wattas |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-man-who-fought-to-bring-indian-american-dreams-and-hopes-to-life/articleshow/77925045.cms |work=India Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://scroll.in/global/968375/the-story-of-one-mans-efforts-to-bring-indian-american-dreams-and-hopes-to-life |title=JJ Singh: The story of one man's efforts to bring Indian-American dreams and hopes to life |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=July 30, 2020 |first=Anu |last=Kumar |accessdate=October 8, 2020 }}</ref><br />
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From 1926 to 1959, he lived in the United States; he ran a successful textile import business in New York City and [[lobbying|lobbied]] for the passage of the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]], which permitted [[Indian people|Indians]] to [[naturalize]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |doi=10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068 |title=J. J. Singh and the India League of America, 1945-1959: Pressing at the Margins of the Cold War Consensus |first=Robert |last=Shaffer |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068 |journal=Journal of American Ethnic History |year=2012 |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=68–103 |jstor=10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.2.0068 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.2307/3636886|jstor=3636886|title=The "Hindu" in America: Immigration and Naturalization Policies and India, 1917-1946|year=1969|last1=Hess|first1=Gary R.|journal=Pacific Historical Review|volume=38|issue=1|pages=59–79}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Singh married Malti Saksena, daughter of [[Ramji Saksena]], a diplomat with Indian Consulate.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1951-09-20 |title=TROTH ANNOUNCED OF MALTI SAKSENA; Daughter of India Ex-Official Here Will Become Bride of Sirdar J.J. Singh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/09/20/archives/troth-announced-of-malti-saksena-daughter-of-india-exofficial-here.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><br />
His granddaughter [[Sabrina Singh]] has served as the Deputy [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] [[Press Secretary]] in the [[United States Department of Defense]].<br />
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