Bhikaji Balsara, a textile merchant from Bombay, became the first Indian to acquire US citizenship in 1909. He fought a legal battle since only free white people were granted American citizenship in early 1900s.

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Bhikaji Balsara, a textile merchant from Bombay, became the first Indian to acquire US citizenship in 1909. He fought a legal battle since only free white people were granted American citizenship in early 1900s.

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