Chaman Lal elected 1st-ever Indian-origin Lord Mayor of Birmingham

Councillor Chaman Lal has become the first ever British-Indian Sikh to take oath as Birmingham's Lord Mayor. Lal, who is from the Ravidassia community of British Sikhs, was born in the village of Pakhowal in Hoshiarpur and later moved to the UK in 1964. The Labour Party leader was first elected to Soho and Jewellery Quarter ward in 1994.