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Assam-origin Ayesha Hazarika creates history, appointed member of Britain's House of Lords
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on May 11, 2024
Ayesha Hazarika, a journalist, broadcaster, and stand-up comic of British-Indian descent with Assamese roots, has been appointed as a member of the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British Parliament. Born in Bellshill in 1975, she comes from an Indian Muslim family and was raised in Coatbridge, Scotland.
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House of Lords
Upper house of the UK Parliament
Assam
State in northeastern India
Muslims
Adherents of Islam
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
Scotland
Country within the United Kingdom
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