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At 34, Zohran Mamdani becomes New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim mayor.

Indians lit up social media celebrating the democratic socialist’s victory, with Mamdani honoring his roots by quoting Jawaharlal Nehru’s independence speech at his rally.

The Ugandan-born politician, whose mother is award-winning filmmaker Mira Nair, faced criticism for past remarks calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “war criminal.”

NEW DELHI — Indians lit up social media on Wednesday to celebrate Zohran Mamdani’s election win as New York City mayor after he thanked his Indian-born parents, quoted a historic speech by India’s first prime minister and turned the victo

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