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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral election, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian mayor.

Victory speech references Jawaharlal Nehru, pledges immigrant-led governance and reforms.

Mamdani defeats Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo, emphasizing hope over tyranny and big money.

“A moment comes, but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance. Tonight, we have stepped out from the old into the new.”

These are the words with which Zohran Mamdani, who won the New York Mayoral election on November 4, chose to begin his term as the first Muslim-elect mayor of NYC. Mamdani was echoing Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's speech on the day of Indian independence, also known a

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