Kamala Harris has taken oath as the 49th Vice-President of the United States on Wednesday. With this, Harris has also become the first woman vice-president of the country. She is also the first Black, Indian-origin woman to hold the office.

She was sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor amid heightened security concerns following an attack on the US Capitol by pro-Trump supporters earlier this month. 

The US Vice-President was sworn in on two Bibles – one that belonged to America’s first African American Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall and second that belonged to close family friend named Regina Shelton.

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The inauguration was attended by former presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton and first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Former President Donald Trump skipped the ceremony. 

The 56-year-old served as a senator from California from 2017 to 2021, and as attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017.