Manilal Doctor

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Manilal Maganlal Doctor (28 July 1881 – 8 January 1956) was a British Indian barrister and politician, who travelled to numerous countries of the British Empire, including Fiji, Mauritius and Aden, providing legal assistance to the local ethnic Indian population. He met Gandhi, who asked him to go to Mauritius, where he represented Indo-Mauritians in court and edited a newspaper, The Hindustani. Gandhi later informed him of the need for a barrister in Fiji and he arrived in Fiji in 1912. In Fiji he also represented Indo-Fijians in court, started a newspaper, Indian Settler and established an organisation for Fiji Indians, known as the Indian Imperial Association. In 1916 when he was by-passed for nomination to the Legislative Council of Fiji, his relationship with the Government of Fiji de rdf:langString
rdf:langString Manilal Doctor
rdf:langString Manilal Maganlal Doctor
rdf:langString Manilal Maganlal Doctor
rdf:langString Bombay, India
xsd:date 1956-01-08
rdf:langString Baroda, Gujarat, British India
xsd:date 1881-07-28
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xsd:date 1881-07-28
rdf:langString c. 1911
rdf:langString Daughter: Avanidevi
rdf:langString Sons: Madhusudha, Lalitmohan, Indubhushan M. Doctor
xsd:date 1956-01-08
rdf:langString MA, LLB
rdf:langString Lawyer
rdf:langString Father: Maganlal
rdf:langString Jayakumari Devi
rdf:langString Manilal Maganlal Doctor (28 July 1881 – 8 January 1956) was a British Indian barrister and politician, who travelled to numerous countries of the British Empire, including Fiji, Mauritius and Aden, providing legal assistance to the local ethnic Indian population. He met Gandhi, who asked him to go to Mauritius, where he represented Indo-Mauritians in court and edited a newspaper, The Hindustani. Gandhi later informed him of the need for a barrister in Fiji and he arrived in Fiji in 1912. In Fiji he also represented Indo-Fijians in court, started a newspaper, Indian Settler and established an organisation for Fiji Indians, known as the Indian Imperial Association. In 1916 when he was by-passed for nomination to the Legislative Council of Fiji, his relationship with the Government of Fiji deteriorated. The Government accused him of the violence and sabotage of the 1920 strike and deported him. He was barred from practicing law in several British colonies. He later managed to practice law in Aden, Somalia and Bihar State in India but spent his final days in Bombay.
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xsd:gYear 1881
xsd:gYear 1956

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