Dr. Amarjit Singh Marwah

Philanthropist | Entrepreneur | Visionary

Where Philanthropy Meets Community Spirit

Personal Life

Dr. Amarjit Singh Marwah was the first Indian Dentist to settle in the U.S.A. He was born at Bhera in Shahpur District (Now in Pakistan). His father Dr. Chanda Singh was chief.

Political Life

He was also the City Commissioner of Los Angeles and the campaign manager behind the election of the first Sikh, Indian, and Asian man to the U.S. Congress.

Dr Marwah was one of the first Sikhs to arrive in the US from independent India

The first dentist of Indian origin in America has kept his turban and ethos. The winner of many awards. In 1950, a ship brought him to New York; he had won the Guggenheim Foundation fellowship to work as dentist..

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The man with political clout in LA is also co-founder of the Bank of Punjab

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Dr. Marwah funded the first Sikh temple in the United States

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Achieved great success as the dentist to celebrities and politicians

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Classmate of the Punjab chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal

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Dr Amarjit Singh Marwah

The man with immense philanthropic work in the US and India. The winner of many awards,

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“Walking Encyclopedia”

Marwah, who was recently called Walking Encyclopedia by Indian Consul General Sanjay Panda

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The Recognition

The City of Los Angeles is honoring Marwah by naming the intersection of Vermont Avenue and Finley after him.

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Sikh Temple

Donated a building to establish the first Sikh temple in the United States since India’s Independence in 1947

Video Gallery

The Early Sikh Americans: A personal perspective on their accomplishments.

Met the living legend Dr. Amarjit Singh Marwah the first Sikh Commissioner of LA and the first man to build a Gurdwara in the US.

Howard dentistry alumnus and philanthropist Amarjit Singh Marwah, also known as “the dentist to the stars” donated $300,000 for the clinic.

About Dr Amarjit Singh Marwah

Born on February 4, 1926, the future dentist played basketball through school, college, and university, and earned university color when he completed his BDS course in Mumbai (then Bombay). He won the MS degree from the University of Illinois and completed DDS at Howard University in Washington DC.

In Kotkapura, he is called “pioneer of basketball in Malwa”, and because of his patronage to the sport, champions such as Olympian Tarlok Singh could emerge from the region.