A. R. Sahu Khan
A. R. Sahu Khan | |
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| Nominated Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1944–1947 | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1979 (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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c A.R. Sahu Khan Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1979, p65
- ^ Fiji Indians and war Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1942, p6
- ^ The first annual meeting Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1944, p37
- ^ Fiji election: Constitution of New Council Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1944, p9
- ^ Mr Edward M. Grant, Mr. C. Prentice and Mr. A. R. Sahu Khan Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1950, p43
- ^ Muslims Won't Participate Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1956, p50
- ^ Vital Period Ahead For New Fiji Legislative Council Pacific Islands Monthly, pp61–65
- ^ Deaths of Islands People Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1954, p137