Ibrahim Nasir - Some Notable Achievements

Some Notable Achievements

  • Starting English medium education (March 1961)
  • Starting A level education (1976)
  • Initiating the Atoll Education Center project and opening the first center (Eydhafushi, 1977)
  • Women permitted to vote in Maldives. (1964)
  • Starting nurses training (1963)
  • Opening health centers in all atolls (starting with Naifaru, 1965)
  • Opening the first modern hospital (October 1967)
  • Building the first airport (April 1966)
  • Starting tourism (March 1972)
  • First Motorised fishing boat built. (In Hulhule' boatyard, July 1964)
  • Modernising the fisheries industry with mechanised vessels. ( Engines became available for private fishing vessels ) (1974)
  • Felivaru fish canning factory opened. (February 1978)
  • Incorporating the Maldives Shipping Limited (MSL). (1967)
  • State Trading Organisation, STO established. (Former MGBS) (1976)
  • Borah traders banned from doing business in Maldives. ( This is widely considered as the economic independence to Maldivians ) (August 1962)
  • Establishing the first radio station (1962)
  • Establishing the first TV station (March 1978)
  • Abolishing "vaaru", a tax on the people living on islands outside MalĂ©. (December 1958)
  • Abolishing duty on all personal and commercial imports. (Some of them have been reimposed after Nasir's departure.)
  • Abolishing many of the old draconian measures and making travel free for Maldivians. Prior to that, Maldivians travelling overseas had to obtain exit visas. (1958)
  • Opened first Montessori School in Maldives Hameediya Montessori School (presently known as Iskandhar School) (10 May 1961)
  • Declared 10 May as Children's Day in Maldives

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