New Uk Pm Rishi Sunak's Indian Connection Explained In 10 Points

In becoming the first British Prime Minister of Indian descent

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Rishi Sunak has written himself into the annals of history.

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Boris Johnson, his former boss, and Penny Mordaunt, another potential candidate

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Rishi Sunak, a member of Parliament for Yorkshire, swore an oath on the Bhagavad Gita.

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To his knowledge, he was the first lawmaker in the United Kingdom to do so.

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His parents' heritage is Indian on both sides.

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Sunak's parents were both pharmacists and moved to the United Kingdom from East Africa in the 1960s.

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