Rishi Sunak has been appointed UK Prime Minister
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Some relatives of Rishi Sunak, who lives in Ludhiana in Punjab on Tuesday, expressed their happiness at his becoming the Prime Minister of Great Britain and said it is a moment of pride to see a person of Indian descent as the head of the country that once ruled India.
Among the relatives living here is Subhash Berry, a cousin of Rishi Sunak’s mother Usha Sunak.
Subhash Berry said that his uncle and Rishi Sunak’s maternal grandfather, Raghubir Berry, had been visiting Ludhiana at the time of his wife’s death.
Raghubir Berry, 92, currently lives in London.
He said that Raghubir Berry, along with some other family members, had emigrated to East Africa. Later, Raghubir Berry migrated to the UK.
The Berry family previously lived in Karimpura mohalla of the city and currently resides in Civil Lines.
Ajay Berry, another member of the Berry family, expressed his extreme happiness at Rishi Sunak becoming the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
He said it is a moment of pride to see a person of Indian descent become the prime minister of the country that once ruled India.
Rishi Sunak became the first British Prime Minister of Indian descent on Tuesday. The 42-year-old investment banker turned politician is the youngest British Prime Minister in 210 years. He is also Britain’s first Hindu Prime Minister.
Sunak’s father Yashvir Sunak, a retired doctor, and mother Usha Sunak, a pharmacist, are of Indian descent.
The Southampton-born Prime Minister is married to Infosys’ daughter, Narayan Murthy, the daughter of Akshata Murty, and the couple have two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka.
His grandparents were originally from British India, but their birthplace, Gujranwala, is in Pakistan’s present-day Punjab province.
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