He is the only Indian - American currently serving in Congress , and the second in congressional history after Dalip Singh Saund , a Democrat who represented California 's 29th District from 1957 to 1963 .
Jindal was a Hindu but converted to Catholicism as a teenager .
Jindal is the only Indian - American currently serving in Congress , and the second in congressional history after Dalip Singh Saund , a Democrat who represented California 's 29th District from 1957 to 1963 .
Jindal was a Hindu but converted to Catholicism as a teenager .