Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
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The Right Honourable Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam GCMG MRCS |
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| सर शिवसागर रामगुलाम | |
SSR at Lod airport in 1962
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| Governor-General of Mauritius | |
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In office 28 December 1983 – 15 December 1985 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Preceded by | Dayendranath Burrenchobay |
| Succeeded by | Sir Cassam Moollan (acting) |
| Prime Minister of Mauritius | |
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In office 12 March 1968 – 30 June 1982 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Sir John Shaw Rennie Sir Michel Rivalland (Acting) Sir Leonard Williams Sir Raman Osman Sir Henry Garrioch Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Anerood Jugnauth |
| Chief Minister of Mauritius | |
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In office 26 September 1961 – 12 March 1968 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Thomas Douglas Vickers (Acting) Sir John Shaw Rennie |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Leader of Labour Party | |
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In office 1 December 1958 – 15 December 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Emmanuel Anquetil |
| Succeeded by | Sir Satcam Boolell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
18 September 1900 Kewal Nagar, British Mauritius |
| Died | 15 December 1985 (aged 85) Port Louis, Mauritius |
| Resting place | SSR Botanical Garden |
| Citizenship | Mauritian |
| Nationality | Mauritian |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sushil Ramjoorawon (1922-1984) |
| Children |
Navin Sunita |
| Parents | Moheeth Ramgoolam (father) Basmati Ramchurn (mother) |
| Residence | State House (Official) Rue Deforges, Port Louis (personal) |
| Alma mater |
UCL, University of London LSE, University of London |
| Profession | Physician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | ssr.intnet.mu |
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam GCMG MRCS (Hindi: सर शिवसागर रामगुलाम; September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985; often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam) was a Mauritian politician, and philanthropist. He was a leader in the Mauritian independence movement, and served as the first Chief Minister and Prime Minister of Mauritius, as well as its sixth Governor-General. He was the Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1976 to 1977. As the leader of the Labour Party, Ramgoolam fought for the rights of labourers and led Mauritius to independence in 1968.
After his tertiary studies in London, Ramgoolam, who was initially a fervent defendant of the British administration and its empire, started calling for mass movement in order to obtain equal treatment, consideration, education and chances for all Mauritians through his authorship in a newspaper. His views changed due to then-fate of the Indo-Mauritian community which was oppressed, uneducated and ill-treated by the elite. He later joined the Labour Party to align himself with other members who were asking for equal rights and adequate working conditions for workers (mainly laborers). He later took leadership of the fight fought by other party members including Dr. Maurice Cure, Emmanuel Anquetile, Dr. R. Seeneevasen and Dr. Hassenjee.
He later cooperated with the Independent Forward Block (IFB) led by the Bissoundoyal brothers (Pundit Basdeo and Sookdeo; who were demanding for a complete decolonization and the removal of British administration from all Mauritian territories) and the Committee D'action Musulmane (CAM) led by Abdool Razack Mohamed (who demanded constitutional guarantees for the Muslim and other minority communities in an effort to prevent a circumstantial Hindu hegemony, which never happened) to form the independence party and movement which eventually led to Independence after the Mauritian general election, 1967.
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