Jagjit Singh (activist)

Jagjit Singh, better known as J. J. Singh (October 5, 1897 – 1976), was an Indian-American activist and president of the India League of America.

[1][2][3] Singh was born in Rawalpindi, British India, on October 5, 1897.

[4][5] From 1926 to 1959, he lived in the United States; he ran a successful textile import business in New York City and lobbied for the passage of the Luce–Celler Act of 1946, which permitted Indians to naturalize in the United States.

[6][7] Singh married Malti Saksena, daughter of Ramji Saksena, a diplomat with Indian Consulate.

[8] His granddaughter Sabrina Singh has served as the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the United States Department of Defense.