Bhagat Singh Thind

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Bhagat Singh Thind (October 3, 1892 - September 15, 1967) was an American Sikh of Indian descent. He was famously involved in an important legal battle over citizenship in the United States of America. Since Indians were classed anthropologically as caucasoids, there was no legal reason for being denied US citizenship on the racial criteria then specified. In the event, the judge ruled against Thind, citing the "...the common man's understanding of the term...".