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Article: Jalandhar man to be Gloucester's first Asian mayor
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- May 14, 2007
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London/Dakoha, May 14 -- Harjit Gill, a keen hockey player, referee and former resident of Dakoha village on the outskirts of Punjab's Jalandhar city, is all set to make history by becoming the first Asian mayor of Britain's Gloucester city.
Gill, the newly re-elected Labour city councillor for Barton and Tredworth, is due to be inaugurated as the city's 527th mayor May 21. He emerged victorious in the May 3 local elections, defeating Liberal Democrat candidate Shabbir Ahmed Bham.
A "popular" figure in Barton and Tredworth, Gill has worked as a postmaster and became the city's first Asian councillor in 2003. He later set another record in 2004 by becoming Gloucester's first Asian sheriff.
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