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'''Piyush "Bobby" Jindal''' is the governor of [[Louisiana]]. He was elected October 20, 2007 and sworn into office January 14, 2008. He is the youngest American governor in office.<ref>"Jindal ... made history in 2007 when, at 36, he was elected the nation's first Indian-American governor and became the youngest governor in office." [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/sotn.jindal.speech/index.html?iref=mpstoryview (CNN)]</ref>
 
'''Piyush "Bobby" Jindal''' is the governor of [[Louisiana]]. He was elected October 20, 2007 and sworn into office January 14, 2008. He is the youngest American governor in office.<ref>"Jindal ... made history in 2007 when, at 36, he was elected the nation's first Indian-American governor and became the youngest governor in office." [http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/sotn.jindal.speech/index.html?iref=mpstoryview (CNN)]</ref>
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Jindal was born in Baton Rouge on June 10, 1971 to recently arrived Punjabi Indian immigrants, Amar and Raj Jindal, who were attending graduate school. His family is of Punjabi ancestry, his father left [[India]] in the 1970s and his ancestral family village of Khanpura. Jindal was raised a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] but converted to [[Catholicism]]. Jindal adopted the name "Bobby" after watching ''The Brady Bunch'' television program at age four. He has been known by that name ever since, as a civil servant, politician, student, and writer. Legally though his name remains Piyush Jindal.
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Jindal was born in Baton Rouge on June 10, 1971 to recently arrived Punjabi Indian immigrants, Amar and Raj Jindal, who were attending graduate school. His family is of Punjabi ancestry, his father left [[India]] in the 1970s and his ancestral family village of Khanpura. Jindal was raised a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] but converted to [[Catholicism]] in high school. Jindal adopted the name "Bobby" after watching ''The Brady Bunch'' television program at age four. He has been known by that name ever since, as a civil servant, politician, student, and writer. Legally though his name remains Piyush Jindal.
    
He graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1987 and went on to attend [[Brown University]] where he graduated with honors in biology and public policy. Following his graduation from Brown he attended [[Oxford University]] in the [[United Kingdom]] as a Rhodes Scholar, having turned down admissions to medical and law schools at both [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Yale University|Yale]].
 
He graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1987 and went on to attend [[Brown University]] where he graduated with honors in biology and public policy. Following his graduation from Brown he attended [[Oxford University]] in the [[United Kingdom]] as a Rhodes Scholar, having turned down admissions to medical and law schools at both [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Yale University|Yale]].

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