Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR), GCMG, LRCP, MRCS (Hindi: शिवसागर रामगुलाम; Chinese: 西沃薩古爾拉姆古蘭), often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam, was an Mauritian politician and statesman, a leader in the Mauritian independence movement, and the first Chief Minister, Prime Minister and sixth Governor General of Mauritius. He is known as the "Father of the Mauritian Nation", he led Mauritius to independence in 1968 and worked for the emancipation of the Mauritian population.