Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 718690 219470127 2008-06-15T11:26:29Z WuBot 7192839 robot Removing: [[mr:शिवसागर रामगुलाम]], [[sa:शिवसागर रामगुलाम]] '''Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (शिवसागर रामगुलाम)''', [[Royal College of Physicians|LRCP]], [[Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons|MRCS]] ([[18 September]] [[1900]]{{ndash}} [[15 December]] [[1985]]) was the [[Prime Minister of Mauritius|Prime Minister]] of [[Mauritius]] from [[1961]] until [[1982]]. As decolonisation swept the third world, he led his country to independence from the [[United Kingdom]] in [[1968]]. He was [[Governor-General of Mauritius]] from [[28 December]] [[1983]] until his death in December 1985. He graduated from [[University College London]], and attended lectures at the [[London School of Economics]]. Ramgoolam was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] of [[12 June]] [[1965]].<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=43770|supp=yes|startpage=8899|date=[[21 September]] [[1965]]|accessdate=2008-01-10}}</ref> Sir Seewoosugur Ramgoolam was an ardent admirer of the late [[Mahatma Gandhi]] of [[India]] and followed in the footsteps of some Asian and African countries and worked ardently for his country to gain access to independence from the United Kingdom, making sure that there would be no bloodshed. He was finally granted independence on [[12 March]] [[1968]]. He was also responsible of the economic boom and bust that Mauritius came face to in the 1970s.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} He was known as the Father of the Nation. Under British Rule Mauritius enjoyed economic stability. After the independence of 1968 many Mauritians emigrated to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia because there was a rise in unemployment and political instability.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} == References == {{Reflist}} * [http://ssr.intnet.mu/ Birth centenary celebrations of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam] *[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webType=0&PageDuplicate=x0%20%20%20%20%20%20&issueNumber=43770&pageNumber=0&SearchFor=Ramgoolam&selMedalType=&selHonourType= London Gazette notice of Knighthood] {{start box}}{{s-gov}} {{succession box | title=[[List of Governors-General of Mauritius|Governor-General of Mauritius]] | before=[[Dayendranath Burrenchobay|Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay]] | after=[[Veerasamy Ringadoo|Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo]] | years=1983&ndash;1985}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=[[List of Prime Ministers of Mauritius|Prime Minister of Mauritius]] | before=none (new office)| after=[[Anerood Jugnauth|Sir Anerood Jugnauth]] | years=1961&ndash;1982}} {{end box}} {{MauritiusPMs}} {{African Union chairpersons}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramoolam, Seewoosagur}} {{Mauritius-politician-stub}} [[Category:Prime Ministers of Mauritius]] [[Category:Governors-General of Mauritius]] [[Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics]] [[Category:Politicians of Indian descent]] [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:Mauritian Hindus]] [[de:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]] [[fr:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]] [[hi:शिवसागर रामगुलाम]] [[ja:シウサガル・ラングラーム]] [[pl:Seewoosagur Ramgoolam]]