Who became the the first Indian-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representative

2016

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A	Aruna Jayanthi
B	Bala Deshpande
C	Kalpana Morparia
D	Pramila Jayapal

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Chennai-born Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal defeated her GOP rival Cliff Moon in the 7th Congressional District of Washington State. Jayapal is the only Indian-American woman lawmaker in the House of Representatives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district’s first female member of Congress, she is also the first Asian American to represent Washington at the federal level.

Detailed explanation-3: -WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Shri Thanedar (MI-13) today celebrated the largest representation of Indian American Members of Congress in U.S. history.

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