Zohran Mamdani's mother, Mira Nair, hailed her son's historic win in New York City's mayoral elections on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Indian-origin Democrat defeated independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in the closely-watched battle for New York City Mayor.

Mamdani will be the first Muslim, the first Indian-origin, the first born in Africa, and the youngest one in more than a century when he becomes New York Mayor on January 1. "I am young and I am a Muslim. I refuse to apologise for being a Muslim," Mamdani said in his victory speech.

Mira Nair's first reaction

Mira Nair took to the Instagram social media platform to repost filmmaker Zoya Akhtar's post congratulating Zohran Mamdani on becoming New York City's mayor.

"Zohran, you beauty," Zoya Akhatar shared on h

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