Biography of sir seewoosagur ramgoolam biography

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900–1985) was of Indian heritage and grew up on the island nation of Mauritius when it was still a colony of Great Britain. With a struggle that began in 1936, Ramgoolam took the helm of his country's struggle for independence in 1959.

When Mauritius won its freedom, it won a president in Ramgoolam whose first interests would always lie in his homeland.

Son of Immigrants

Ramgoolam was born in the Mauritian town of Belle Rive in the Flacq District, on September 18, 1900.

His father was an Indian immigrant who worked as a laborer.

His parents affectionately called him by the name, "Kewal." Just as he began his education at the local school where Hindu children were taught their language and culture, his father died. He was seven years old. His early schooling included the Roman Catholic assisted school and then the Bel Air government school where he passed the sixth standard recognition of the completion of the first level of scho