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A fact from Shantaram Siddi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Shantaram Siddi is the first Indian legislator of African descent?
Latest comment: 3 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that Shantaram Siddi is the first Indian legislator of African descent? Source: "Meet Karnataka MLC Shantaram Siddi - first legislator of African descent in India"[1]
Overall: Thank you for this article - this subject certainly deserves recognition. As this is your third DYK nom, no QPQ is needed. Storye book (talk) 09:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for this article - this subject certainly deserves recognition. As this is your third DYK nom, no QPQ is needed. Storye book (talk) 09:53, 27 July 2020 (UTC)