Aruna Miller has written her name into the annals of history by being the first Indian-American politician to be sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Maryland, which is located in close proximity to the capital of the United States.

Ms. Aruna, 58 years old, made history on Wednesday when the Democrat was sworn in as the 10th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Maryland. She had previously served as a delegate in the Maryland House.

After the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor is the highest official in the state and takes over as Governor in the Governor’s absence or when the Governor is unable to perform their duties.

Ms. Miler, who was born in the state of Andhra Pradesh, acknowledged her family during her inaugural address. Her family moved to the United States from India when she was seven years old.

“As an immigrant who grew up in a new country, or as a female engineer in a field that was dominated by men, or as an Indian American legislator in a legislature that looked nothing like me,

”I spent the majority of my life trying to fit into a space that didn’t have me and mine. This could be because I was an immigrant.

It took me a very long time to realise that it was never about having to squeeze into a place that was fashioned by other people. Always, it came down to having the guts to be my genuine self in every setting “

“It is an honour and a privilege for me to serve as your Lieutenant Governor, Maryland. We are literally just getting started here!” Tweets sent out by Ms. Miller

She was sworn in alongside her family, the newly elected Governor Wes Moore, and state lawmakers inside the Senate chamber of the State House in Annapolis, and she addressed a crowd of well-wishers outside the historic structure after the ceremony.

Mr. Moore is the only current Black chief executive officer in the United States, and he recently took office as the 63rd Governor of Maryland.

Mr. Moore wrote in a tweet to both of their mothers, “To Aruna’s mother, Hema, and to my mom, Joy, you epitomise everything great about this state; You are proof that in Maryland, everything is possible.”

Ms. Miller’s inauguration will be the first time that an immigrant or a woman of colour will have been sworn into office in the United States.

According to the Washington Post, she was a part of a historic Democratic ticket that won easily in November and gives Maryland its first Black governor, its first Black attorney general, and its first female comptroller.

She was also part of a historic Democratic ticket that gave Maryland its first female comptroller.

Ms. Miller’s father, who immigrated to the United States after the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which removed racial and national-origin quotas to allow a new generation of immigrants to enter the United States, returned to India in 1972 to tell Aruna’s grandmother that it was time for his daughter to join him, her mother, and two siblings in the United States.

“When I was a kid, I had no idea who my dad was. Everyone in my family, including my mother and my siblings, was an unknown quantity to me.” said Ms. Miller.

“And so it was that I found myself, upon arrival in this country, a stranger in a strange place, with a strange family,” as the saying goes. She attended a regular school where she picked up her English skills.

After her father became ill and lost his job due to his illness, she was able to graduate from the Missouri University of Science and Technology thanks in part to the Pell scholarships that she was awarded.