Refusal to allow Dr or Mrs Cheddi Jagan to remain in Trinidad in spite of opposition questions in Parliament suggesting intervention by HMG. 1952

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Reference code(s): CO 1031/13

Title: Refusal to allow Dr or Mrs Cheddi Jagan to remain in Trinidad in spite of opposition questions in Parliament suggesting intervention by HMG. 1952

Date(s): 1952 - 1953

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Administrative/Biographical history: Cheddi Jagan, 1918-1997
Cheddi Jagan was born on March 22, 1918 on a sugar plantation in Port Mourant, Berbice, the son of indentured sugar workers. He left for the United States in September 1935 with two friends and returned to British Guiana in October 1943 having graduated in dentistry. Cheddi Jagan's first task was to establish a dental practice in Georgetown, the Capital.
His trade union and political career is as folows :

1946: Organised and spearheaded the formation of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) and the PAC Bulletin.

1947-1953: Elected Member of the Legislative Council.

1950: Founded the People's Progressive Party.

1952-1953: President of the Rice Producers' Association. .

1953: From April to October, headed PPP elected government and wwas Minister of Agriculture.

1954: spent 6 months in jail for breaking movement restrictions order.

1957-1961: Headed second elected PPP government and was Minister of Trade and Industry.

1961 -1964: Headed the third elected PPP government as Premier and Minister of Development and Planning.

1964-1973, 1976-1992: Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition.

1970 - 1997: Honorary President, Guyana Agricultural General Worker's Union;General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party.

Oct. 9, 1992 - March 6, 1997: President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

(Source of information: http://www.jagan.org/)

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Scope and content: Records within this collection comprise files relating to Cheddi Jagan:

CO 1031/13 Refusal to allow Dr or Mrs Cheddi Jagan to remain in Trinidad in spite of opposition questions in Parliament suggesting intervention by HMG. 1952

CO 1031/776: British Guiana: Dr Cheddi Jagan of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) 1951-1953

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Related units of description: Contained within PRO Online Catalogue (PROCAT): PREM 13/136: British Guiana independence conference: correspondence between Cheddi Jagan, Leader, People's Progressive Party and Prime Minister Nov 1965.

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: January 2002

Interest: Caribbean

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Decolonization

Independence

Colonial countries

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Cheddi Jagan, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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