He took the oath for the role of Birmingham Lord Mayor on 23 May 2023.
He is the first person of British Indian origin to be elected for this designation.[1][2]
Early life
Chaman Lal was born in a Ravidassia Sikh[3][4] family in Village Pakhowal in Hoshiarpur District as a son of Sardar Harnam Singh, a British Indian army officer who served in Italy during the Second World War and his mother Sardarni Jai Kaur. His uncle, Sardar Ram Singh was also a British Indian army officer who was killed in the Burma campaign.[1][5]
Political life
He has been a councillor for the ward of Soho & Jewellery Quarter since 1994.[6] He joined the Labour Party in 1989.[5]
Personal life
Lal married his wife Vidya in 1971, and they had three daughters and two sons.[5]