Learn about the case of Bhagat Singh Thind (1923), a particularly important case in U.S. legal and immigration history and in how we perceive race and citizenship. Bhagat Singh Thind was from the Punjab region of India who came to the United States as a young man and joined the army, serving during World War I. After the war, he sought to become a naturalized citizen. During this period the United States were permitted Caucasions to appeal for citizenship, and Bhagat Singh Thind sought citizenship, through a legal process where he claimed that he was white. This legal fight went all the way to the Supreme Court. Ultimately, the Court found that even though he was Caucasian, he was not white.