A. R. Sahu Khan Explained

A. R. Sahu Khan
Office1:Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
Term1:1944–1947
Death Date:1979 (aged 78)
Death Place:Suva, Fiji

Abdul Rahman Sahu Khan (died 1979) was an Indo-Fijian civil servant and politician. He served as a nominated member of the Legislative Council between 1944 and 1947.

Biography

Sahu Khan joined the Fijian civil service, working as a law clerk. Following the outbreak of World War II, he was one of the Indo-Fijian members elected to the colony's Central War Committee in 1942.[1] In 1944 he became a founding board member of the Fiji Public Servants' Association.[2]

After the July 1944 elections, he was appointed to the Legislative Council by Acting Governor John Fearns Nicoll as one of the two nominated Indo-Fijian members.[3] He later became a member of the National Federation Party.[4] He served in the Council until 1947, and in 1950 he was made a justice of the peace.[5] He later became president of the Muslim Association of Fiji.[6] He contested the 1963 Legislative Council elections in the Southern constituency, but received only 498 votes and lost his deposit.[7]

Sahu Khan's brother Abdul Habib also served as an MLC between 1957 and 1963.[8] He died in Suva in 1979 at the age of 78, survived by his wife and eight children.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-314933044/view?sectionId=nla.obj-329137731&partId=nla.obj-314948108#page/n7/mode/1up Fiji Indians and war
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-315060050/view?sectionId=nla.obj-329274623&partId=nla.obj-315105100#page/n40/mode/1up The first annual meeting
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-315148632/view?sectionId=nla.obj-329295157&partId=nla.obj-315157056#page/n10/mode/1up Fiji election: Constitution of New Council
  4. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-337736628/view?partId=nla.obj-337767496#page/n64/mode/1up A.R. Sahu Khan
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-322270499/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333423842&partId=nla.obj-322524531#page/n44/mode/1up Mr Edward M. Grant, Mr. C. Prentice and Mr. A. R. Sahu Khan
  6. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-320846707/view?sectionId=nla.obj-340412550&partId=nla.obj-320878458#page/n52/mode/1up Muslims Won't Participate
  7. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-324736548/view?partId=nla.obj-324789585#page/n66/mode/1up Vital Period Ahead For New Fiji Legislative Council
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-319422396/view?sectionId=nla.obj-373939429&partId=nla.obj-319516085#page/n142/mode/1up Deaths of Islands People