Washington: In a milestone moment for one of the United States’ largest Indian American population centres, Mamta Singh this week won a Council At-Large seat in Jersey City, becoming the first Indian American ever elected to public office in the city’s history.

Her victory came on a night of sweeping political change, as reform-driven Councilmember James Solomon won the mayoral runoff with a commanding mandate. But for the diaspora, Singh’s breakthrough stood out as the story of the evening.

Jersey City is home to tens of thousands of Indian Americans — many settled across Journal Square, Exchange Place and surrounding neighbourhoods — yet the community had never before seen one of its own elected to City Hall.

Notably, Jersey City is often called the ‘Little India’, in particular, its

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