Edited by Devant Maharaj, Rajnie Ramlakhan and Bhadase S. Maharaj

This volume comprises a collection of speeches by, and letters to, Bhadase Sagan Maraj - a powerful politician, trade unionist and Hindu leader of Trinidad in the1950s and 60s. Maraj provided primary school education to the majority of Hindus and he was the first politician to successfully challenge and defeat the PNM party of Dr Eric Williams in a national election. The accomplishment of defeating the PNM by an Indian political leader in 1956 was not repeated until 1995 by Basdeo Panday who led his UNC to victory for six years.

Kumar Mahabir

is a full-time anthropologist at the University of Guyana (UG) and Fellow of The Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library (2022-23). He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida (UF). As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Grant, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship.
Mahabir received a National Award (Hummingbird Silver Medal) for his contribution to education in his country in 2011. He was among 50 recipients who received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the UWI Alumni Association.
Mahabir is the author of 12 books to date.

Bhadase Sagan Maraj: Hostile and Recalcitrant

Edited by Devant Maharaj, Rajnie Ramlakhan and Bhadase S. Maharaj

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