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Bandranaike, SWRD 27 Index Bannerji, Surendranath 27 Barker, Ray 186 fn Barrett, WM 239 Agent General of Immigration 13 basic tax 177 Agent, of Government of India 15-16 Bayly, JP 133, 137, 139 Agreement 24 July 138-139 Beattie, Hamilton 38 Agricultural Bank 143 Ben, Leela 105 Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Bill Bennett, JM 145 174-176 Besant, Annie 28 Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Bhajan mandalis 119 Committee 176 Bharat Mata Day 110 Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Bhindi, PK 230 Ordinance 237 Bill of Rights 199, 206 agricultural production, Second World : in Federation Party manifesto 234 War 84 Blunt, Edward 8 AJC Patel and Company 36 Book Box Scheme 168 Akhil Fiji Krishak Maha Sangh See Maha Bowden, Herbert 226 Sangh boycott of Legislative Council, 1929 39 Ali, Ahmed 242 Brennan, Sir Gerard ix-x, 242 All-Fiji Indian conference 1929 46 British Council 168 Alliance Party 219, 249 British India Association 13 : by-election 1967 230, 236 British Phosphate Commission 224 : formation of 207 Brown, Doug xix : response to Federation Party Buksh, MS 108 manifesto 235 Buksh, Nabi 40 Amery, Julian 143-144, 161 Buli 47 Amery, LS 41 Bull, PJ 142 Andrews, CF 11, 28, 38 Burns Commission 220 Anthony, James 129 Burns, Sir Alan 184 Archibald, Fred 204 Burton, JW 11, 28 Arya Samaj 12, 33, 37 See also education, bus industry 162 Indian by-election 1967 229-230, 231 : Deo’s influence 109 : Fijian response 237 : elections 1937 49 : results 236-237 : elections 1963 160 : in 1950s elections 111 Cakobau, Ratu Edward xv, 203, 227 : prohibition debate 107 : constitutional talks 1969 239 Ashford, JE 168 : on death penalty 179 Attorney General 164, 174, 199 : opposition to common roll 96 Atul Kumar trophy 106 Cakobau, Ratu George 23 Avinasananda, Swami 34, 54-55 : by-election 1967 237-238 : constitutional conference 1964 188 Bain, Kenneth 165 : Wakaya Letter 186 Balaganapathi, MR 116, 117 Cakobau, Seru 2 275 A Vision for Change Campbell, RO 118 : smallholder system 59 Cane Experiments Consultative : strike 1943 69, 71 Committee 77 : strike 1960 129-132, 136-137 cane growers, Fijian 136 : contract with growers 1960 132-136 capital punishment See death penalty : criticism of AD Patel 153-154 Cargill, William 2 : Denning arbitration 242-243 Cassidy, Joe 245 : early days 5 caste, girmitiyas 9-10, 11 : Eve Commission 145-146, 150, 152 censorship, Second World War 81 : Fiji subsidiary 152 Central Indian Organisation of Fiji 109 : government proposal 1 September Central Indian War Committee 82 141-142 cession 2-3 : opposition to Indian recruitment 84 Chagla, MC 27 : opposition to trade union legislation Chalmers, NS 139 60 Chand, Ganesh xix : Pacific War 65 Chandra, Ami 108 colonialism xiii, xvi Chandra, Ram 46 Commision of Enquiry 1943 65-66 Charotar 18-19 : AD Patel’s critique of 72-73 : and Gandhi’s campaigns 21 : report of 72 : Patidars in 20 Commission to Review the Fiji Chaudhry, Mahendra 118 Constitution xx Chinese 200 Commissioner of Labour 87 Chinese Association 207 Commissioner of Lands 47 Citizens Federation 158-159, 187 See also common name xvi, 124, 222 Federation Party common roll xvii, 15, 38-39, 45, 93, 205, civil service 92-93 209 collective responsibility: Executive : constitutional conference 1964 189- Council 165, 176-177 193 Colonial Office 42, 60, 62, 92 : constitutional conference 1965 200- : constitutional changes 163 201 : constitutional debate 1967 229 : European opposition 41 : Eve Commission 145 : fears of 96 : nomination compromise 46 : Fijian opposition 41, 96, 191-192 : Wakaya Letter 186 : first campaign 39-40, 42 Colonial Secretary 164, 199 : post-independence 241, 248 Colonial Sugar Refining Company x, ix, Commonwealth of India League 28 14, 28, 58-59. 221, 241 See also sugar Commonwealth Sugar Agreement 131, industry 148 : 24 July Agreement 138-140 : in Denning report 244 : agreement 1943 75 communal representation 40, 191, 206, : Federation Committee 1960 133-136, 207, 248 137 : results of 249 : Kisan Sangh 61-62 constitution 93-94, 96-98, 190-191, 186 : land leasing 47 constitution 1965 200, 226 : Shepherd enquiry 77 : Bill of Rights 199 276 Index : Europeans in 203 : constitutional amendment 1948 98 : Fijians in 203 : early relationship with AD Patel constitution 1969 elections 248-249 32-33 constitutional changes 185 : elections 1937 48 constitutional conference 1964 187, 190- : elections 1966 218 191 : language education 107-108 : delegates 188-189 : opposition to nomination system 44 : Federation Party boycott 193-194 : political influence 109-110 constitutional conference 1965 197-198 : prohibition debate 107 : compromise proposal 209 : rift with AD Patel 106, 108 : independent observers 208 : support for Muslim separatism 112 : Indian viewpoint 201 Deoki, Andrew Inder Narayan xiv, 204 : results of 203, 204, 207-208 : and AD Patel 183 constitutional debate 1967 228-229 : Sugar Advisory Board 233 constitutional talks 1969 238-239 : Central Indian War Committee 82 contract, cane growers 1960 132-133 : constitutional conference 1964 188 contracts, indentured labour See girmit : constitutional conference 1965 200- Cook Islands: independence 163, 185 201 cooperative mills 147, 151, 153 : elections 1966 218 cooperative movement 218-219 : National Provident Fund 169 costs of production, sugar 149-150, 152, : nomination to Executive Council 164 243 : on death penalty 180 Council of Ministers 227, 234 : opposition to university 172 coup 1987 xvi, 249 Deoki, Rev 40 Crewe Commission 6-7, 99, 209 Department of Labour 86 Cross, David 2 deportation, of Indians 126 cross-voting 200, 204, 206, 207, 248 Destitute Allowance and Minimum CSR See Colonial Sugar Refining Living Wage 93 Company diversification, crop 150-151 curfew 81 Dixon, GM 152 Doctor, Manilal Maganlal 13-14 Daniels, John 118 Dudley, David 40 Davenport, Sarah xix Dugdale, John 112 Dean, XK Nasir 40 Dutt, Romesh Chander 27 death penalty 179-181 Deed of Cession 3, 6, 7, 15, 21 East African Indian National Congress 40 : in Wakaya Letter 185 education 170-171 : Ragg’s motion 1946 101-102 : adult education 119 Defence (General) Regulation 1942 67, 68 : in Federation Party manifesto 234 Denning, Lord ix, xiv, 242, 243-244, 245 : Indian 12 Deo, Pandit Vishnu 22, 33, 86, 242 : language 169 : commission 1943 66 : localisation of 92 : Fiji Samachar 120 : Ramakrishna Mission 116-117 : Kisan Sangh 63 : secondary schools 117 : Central Indian War Committee 82 : teachers unions 171 : common roll campaign 39, 41 Education Advisory Councils 170 277 A Vision for Change Education Department 117, 167 : boycott 1967 232-233 elections 1929 39 : by-election 1967 230, 233, 236 elections 1963 158, 160 : constitutional conference 1964 188- elections 1966 213-218 189, 193-194 electoral commission 199 : constitutional debate 1967 229 Emperor Gold Mines 224 See also gold : elections 1966 213, 214-215, 216 industry : manifesto 233-234, 235 Enele Ma’afu 2 : nationalising gold mines 224 enlistment, Second World War 82-85 : recruitment of Fijians 230 European Electors’ Association 97 Fiji Broadcasting Commission 178, 193 Europeans: and Fijians 2, 3, 230 Fiji Indian Congress 38 : constitution 1965 203, 204 Fiji Industrial Workers Congress 168 : elections 1966 216 Fiji Labour Party 249 : opposition to common roll 43, 206 Fiji Men Arya Samaj se Shastrath 33 Eve Commission 145-150, 158 Fiji Minority Party 207 : report of 151-153, 225 Fiji Muslim League 12, 43 : results of 154-155 Fiji Muslim League: in 1950s elections Eve contract 242-243 107, 111 Eve, Sir Malcolm Trustram 145, 151 Fiji National Provident Fund xviii, 168 : criticism of AD Patel xiv, 146, 152- Fiji Samachar 120, 154, 165 153, 154 Fiji Teachers Union 171 Executive Committee 174-175 Fiji Times 120, 121, 193, 195 Executive Council 93 : eulogy for AD xi : Indian elected member 108-109 : on strike 1960 142 : Indian nominated member 164 : reports on India 122 : Membership system 163-164, 165 Fijian administration 184, 220-222 Fijian Affairs Act 95 Fair Rents Bill 168 Fijian Affairs Board 192, 220, 221 Falvey, John 136, 143, 186, 194 : and school integration 171 : 24 July Agreement 139 : Wakaya Letter 185, 186 : as Member for Communications and Fijian Affairs Ordinance See Fijian Affairs Works 163-164 Board : constitutional conference 1965 196- Fijian Association xi, 207, 136, 237 197 Fijian Chamber of Commerce 222 : on death penalty 180 Fijian Democratic Party 196 : opposition to common roll 191 Fijian Development Fund 221 farmers See Kisan Fijian land ownership 184, 185 Federation Committee See Federation of Fijians 4, 83, 158, 184, Cane Growers Associations : opposition to common roll 96, 191- Federation of Cane Growers ix, 242 192, 205, 206 Federation of Cane Growers Associations : and Europeans 230 133-137 : independence 237 : contract 1960 134-137, 140-141 : self-government 231 : Eve Commission 145 : tenancy 175 Federation Party xii, 187 : changes in 1960s 185 : and 1965 constitution 227 : in constitution 1965 203 278 Index : in Federation Party 230 Goldfinch, Sir Philip 43, 62, 64 : support for Britain 205 : on land leasing 47 Fijian Teachers Association 171, 172 Gopalan, CM 82, 109, 112 Financial Secretary 164, 199 Gordon, Sir Arthur Hamilton 3-5 Fiscal Review Committee 177 Governor Fisher, Nigel 185, 209 : and constitution 93-94 Fletcher, Sir Murchison 39-40, 46 : in Federation Party manifesto 234 : interview with Patel on nomination Governor-in-Council 89, 90 45 Govind, KN 235 : opposition to common roll 41-42 Govind, RD 230 : opposition to trade union legislation Gram Sangathan 109 60 Gram Sangathan Mahila Mandal 33 Forbes,
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