Zohran Mamdani has made history by becoming the first Indian-origin, South Asian, and Muslim to serve as the Mayor of New York City. Back in 2020, Mamdani helped make India’s youngest mayor, Arya Rajendran from Thiruvananthapuram, go viral through a simple retweet.

That year, he shared a post from CPI(M) Puducherry which showed what kind of leadership New York City should aspire to. The post read, “Comrade Arya Rajendran, age 21, new Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She will be the youngest mayor of a major city in the world.” Mamdani reshared it on X, asking, “So what kind of mayor does NYC need right now?”

Following Mamdani’s electoral victory, Arya Rajendran congratulated him with a message on X that read, “Warmest congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on your election as the 111

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