India-born Saba Haider, an AMU alumna from Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has made history by becoming the first South Asian woman elected to Illinois' General Assembly. Speaking to NDTV, Saba Haider shed light on her unusual journey from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad to being elected to the Illinois General Assembly. Haider won the Illinois House District 84 seat with 70.