{"id":1725,"date":"2024-06-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parastatal1.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/?page_id=1725"},"modified":"2024-06-24T10:04:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:04:51","slug":"about-sir-seewoosagur-ramgoolam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/?page_id=1725","title":{"rendered":"About Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR)\u00a0(September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985)\u00a0GCMG,\u00a0LRCP,\u00a0MRCS, often referred to as \u201cChacha Ramgoolam\u201d(uncle), was a\u00a0Mauritian\u00a0politician,\u00a0statesman\u00a0and\u00a0philanthropist\u200b. He was a leader in the Mauritian independence movement, and served as the first\u00a0Chief Minister\u00a0and\u00a0Prime Minister\u00a0of Mauritius, as well as its sixth\u00a0Governor General. SSR fought for the rights of labourers and led Mauritius to independence in 1968. As Mauritius’ first Prime Minister, he played a crucial role in shaping modern Mauritius\u2019 government, political culture and foreign policy. He worked for the emancipation of the Mauritian population, established\u00a0free universal education\u00a0and\u00a0free health care\u00a0services, and introduced\u00a0old age pensions. He is known as the “Father of the Nation”.
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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, known as Kewal as a child, was born on 18 September 1900 at Belle Rive, Mauritius, in the\u00a0district\u00a0of\u00a0Flacq.
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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam served as Chief Minister from 1961 to 1968, he was\u00a0knighted\u00a0on 12th\u00a0June 1965. He became Prime Minister from 1968 until 1982 and lastly as Governor General from 1983 to 1985. He is known as the “Father of the Nation”. Amidst much decolonisation, he led Mauritius to independence from the\u00a0United Kingdom\u00a0in 1968.
He died in office, on 15 December 1985, at the\u00a0State House\u00a0due to health complications. His funeral rites were performed at the then Pamplemousses Botanical Garden on 17th\u00a0December 1985.
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In memory of SSR, various streets in Mauritius and public places bear the name of SSR, as well as his portrait on every Mauritian coin and on the highest note tender of\u00a0Rs2,000.
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It was on these lines that the Pamplemousses Botanical garden was renamed after this illustrious son of Mauritius as Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic garden on the 18th\u00a0September 1988. A funerary monument has been erected at the\u00a0Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden\u00a0on the exact place where the Father of the Nation was cremated according to the Hindu tradition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR)\u00a0(September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985)\u00a0GCMG,\u00a0LRCP,\u00a0MRCS, often referred to as \u201cChacha Ramgoolam\u201d(uncle), was a\u00a0Mauritian\u00a0politician,\u00a0statesman\u00a0and\u00a0philanthropist\u200b. He was a leader in the Mauritian independence movement, and served as the first\u00a0Chief Minister\u00a0and\u00a0Prime Minister\u00a0of Mauritius, as well as its sixth\u00a0Governor General. SSR fought for the rights of labourers and led Mauritius to independence in 1968. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1725","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1733,"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725\/revisions\/1733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}