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The Sharks hosted Indian Heritage Night during Thursday’s game against the Minnesota Wild, and the celebration started with a bit of history.
Soukhya Inamdar, a Bay Area native of Indian descent, opened the game by singing the U.S. national anthem. She is believed to be the first Indian woman to sing the anthem before an NHL game.
Inamdar, a senior at Purdue University in Indiana, said in a phone interview earlier this week that she began singing Indian classical music as soon as she was making noise as a child.