Early Life
Born on 25 December 1961 in La Caverne, a suburb area in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius. Jugnauth was born in a modest Hindu family of labourers. He often said that he was born in "a wooden hut" of his maternal grandmother. He was born to Anerood Jugnauth a then barrister and to Sarojini Ballah a school teacher. He has an elder sister, Shalini Jugnauth, married to famous Dr Kishan Malhotra.
In various interviews, Pravind stated that he has live a political life since birth. He stated that his father and uncles were all members of Independent Forward Bloc, a former political party led by Sookdeo Bissoondoyal (a former Minister in the Cabinet of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam) during the independence rally made by the country in 1967 so as to obtain autonomy from British Authorities.
His father were one of the few people to attend the conference and meeting on negotiations on the independence of Mauritius. Pravind Jugnauth states that he remembers all part of it. After independence, his uncle was appointed Attorney General in cabinet and his father was appointed as Junior Minister. He said he still remembers all negotiations on different aspects on the new constitution.
He went on to study at the local Primary School where he obtained his mother as teacher. He always mentioned his mother as his confident and his father as his inspiration. After primary schooling, he went to Royal College Curepipe where he passed his O Levels and A levels. He then went on to study law in UK.
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