A. R. Sahu Khan

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A. R. Sahu Khan
Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1944–1947
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Died1979 (aged 78)
Suva, Fiji

Abdul Rahman Sahu Khan JP (died 1979) was an Indo-Fijian civil servant and politician. He served as a nominated member of the Legislative Council between 1944 and 1947.

Biography

Sahu Khan joined the Fijian civil service, working as a law clerk. [1] Following the outbreak of World War II, he was one of the Indo-Fijian members elected to the colony's Central War Committee in 1942. [2] In 1944 he became a founding board member of the Fiji Public Servants' Association. [3]

After the July 1944 elections, he was appointed to the Legislative Council by Acting Governor John Fearns Nicoll as one of the two nominated Indo-Fijian members. [4] He later became a member of the National Federation Party. [1] He served in the Council until 1947, and in 1950 he was made a justice of the peace. [5] He later became president of the Muslim Association of Fiji. [6] He contested the 1963 Legislative Council elections in the Southern constituency, but received only 498 votes and lost his deposit. [7]

Sahu Khan's brother Abdul Habib also served as an MLC between 1957 and 1963. [8] He died in Suva in 1979 at the age of 78, survived by his wife and eight children. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 A.R. Sahu Khan Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1979, p65
  2. ↑ Fiji Indians and war Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1942, p6
  3. ↑ The first annual meeting Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1944, p37
  4. ↑ Fiji election: Constitution of New Council Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1944, p9
  5. ↑ Mr Edward M. Grant, Mr. C. Prentice and Mr. A. R. Sahu Khan Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1950, p43
  6. ↑ Muslims Won't Participate Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1956, p50
  7. ↑ Vital Period Ahead For New Fiji Legislative Council Pacific Islands Monthly, pp61–65
  8. ↑ Deaths of Islands People Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1954, p137
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