Sajid Javid, Britain’s secretary of State — or Cabinet Minister - for culture, media and sport, has disclosed that his father was from India and his mother from Pakistan. This obviously makes him half-Indian and, therefore, the first person of Indian origin to be a Cabinet Minister in Britain.
Speaking at a British Asian dinner on Wednesday night, which released a “Power list” of British Asians, which had him at pole position, Javid surprised the audience of 600-odd guests by stating his father was from India. He had always been described as being of Pakistani origin, which he partially is, but his Indian connection was unknown publicly.