Ramgoolam, Seewoosagur, 1900-1985

LC control no.	n 82084312
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ramgoolam, Seewoosagur, 1900-1985 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ramgoolam, S. (Seewoosagur), 1900-1985 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, 1900-1985
Associated country	Mauritius
Birth date	1900-09
Death date	1985-12
Place of birth	Flacq (Mauritius : District)
Place of death	Réduit (Mauritius)
Affiliation	Fabian Society (Great Britain) Indian National Congress Parti travailliste (Mauritius)
Profession or occupation	Politicians Legislators Prime ministers
Found in	Cabon, M. Biographie de Ramgoolam, 1963. International WW, 1981-82 (Ramgoolam, Rt. Hon. Sir Seewoosagur; b. 9/18/1900, Prime Minister of Mauritius, 1968- ) Ramgoolam, 2006: p. 130 (d. Dec. 15, 1985) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ramgoolam, Seewoosagur; prime minister, political figure; born September 1900 in Flacq district, Mauritius; traveled to Great Britain to attend medical school; joined the Fabian Society and became secretary of the local Indian National Congress chapter; founded in Mauritius the newspaper Advance (1935); was nominated to the Council of Government as a representative of Hindu interests (1940); gained a seat in the Legislative Council (1948); reelected and joined the Mauritian Labour Party (MLP) (1953); after the party won the 1959 elections, became chief minister (1961) and premier (1965); prime minister of newly independent Mauritius (1968); managed to retain his position in the 1976 elections but was ousted in the 1982 elections; was appointed governor-general, an office he held until his death; died December 1985 in Réduit, Mauritius)