'This will go into history books': Indian Australians take note of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral win in US

Main Image: Zohran Mamdani, Source: AAP / Steve Sanchez/Sipa USA, Ingested image (clockwise): Shrey Baluja, Pradeep Tiwari, Nadeem Ahmed and Sandhya Reddy.

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, becoming the city’s first Muslim, South Asian, and Democratic socialist leader, and its youngest in more than a century. In this SBS Hindi podcast, we hear from Indian Australian community leaders on how they view Mamdani’s rise and its global significance.

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Published 6 November 2025 5:22pm

Updated 7 November 2025 10:01am

By Bhavya Pandey

Presented by Bhavya Pandey

Source: SBS

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Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, becoming the city’s first Muslim, South Asian, and Democratic socialist leader, and its youngest in more than a century. In this SBS Hindi podcast, we hear from Indian Australian community leaders on how they view Mamdani’s rise and its global significance.

(Disclaimer: The views/opinions expressed in this interview are the personal views of the individual. SBS neither agrees nor disagrees with them.)

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