WASHINGTON: Riding a Republican wave, Nikki Haley , a daughter of Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, created history as the first Indian American woman to win the Governor's race in South Carolina state .

Haley, born Nimrata (Nikki) Randhawa will be the first woman chief executive of the State and America's second Indian-American governor after Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, also a Republican, who became the first with his election three years ago.  read more »