CHICAGO INDIAN DIASPORA HERITAGE CITY! (Vol 17) Down Memory Lane!
Swamy Vivekananda ASIAN INDIAN US HISTORY Long before the Asian Indian first immigration to United States in the mid-1960s, some famous Indians visited and left their mark on Chicago. They include the great Hindu philosopher Swami Vivekananda and Bengali Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It was in Chicago in September 1893 at the World Parliament of Religion, Swami Vivekananda gave the historic speeches. Quote by by Swami Vivekananda on September 11, 1893, at the first World’s Parliament of Religions on the site of the present-day Art Institute Chicago “ I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true.” First Generation Indian Immigrant: As a result of the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, physicians, engineers, and scientists were in short supply. Substantial numbers of professionally qualified Asian Indians...