Britain gets first Asian female Lord Mayor

published by Asianpost on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:14

India-born Manjula Sood is all set to become Britain’s first Asian female Lord Mayor when she takes up the top post in Leicester city this week. Sood has been actively involved in projects involving the Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities and her term in office at the Leicester City Council will be for one year. There have been Asian Lord mayors in British towns, but this is the first time that a woman of Indian origin will hold the post anywhere in the United Kingdom.