Famous Fiji Indians

 K. N. Govind Kishor Namd Govind OBE, JP,  was a lawyer, Mayor of Ba, member of the House of Representatives  and judge of the Supreme and High Courts of Fiji. He was born in Nausori and was the son of pioneer teacher Satya Nand  Govind. 

Brij V. Lal   Professor Brij Vilash Lal  OF ,   AM, FAHA (1952-2021)  was a renowned historian, who was an authority on the history of Fiji Indians. He was a brilliant academic and his views were sought Fiji's history, as well as, the current social and political situation. He spent his last 12 years exiled in Australia for giving his frank assessment of the political situation in Fiji. Lal was born on 21 August 1952 into a farming family in Tabia in Vanua Levu, the second largest island in the Fiji Islands. He was the grandson of  indentured labourer who had arrived in Fiji in 1908. After obtained his primary school education at Tabia Sanatan Dharam Primary School and secondary school education at Labasa Secondary School (now Labasa College). He enrolled at the University of the South Pacific on a Government scholarship to train as a high school teacher. He graduated at the top of his class with Bachelor of Arts and joined the University of the South Pacific as...