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of the first medical doctors in British Guiana at that time. It was
British Guiana, was a second- Cheddie Jagan who, upon his
generation Indian who fought for return from his studies, started
the rights of Indentured servants, what became Guyana’s highest
was seven times elected institution of learning – the
President of BGEIA, and was a University of Guyana.
pioneer in the fight for universal The realisation of Ruhomon’s
adult suffrage in British Guiana. African-Indian ‘combine’ could
The fight for Independence be seen in the early history of
from Britain was spearheaded the Political Affairs Committee
by Dr. Cheddie Jagan, the son (1946) founded by Dr.
of an Indentured servant Cheddie and Janet
who sought a better future Jagan. The later (1950)
for his son by sending merger with the British
him to study medicine Guiana Labour Party
in the United States of to form the People's
America after he had Progressive Party
succeeded at Queens further solidified
College, the highest
institution of learning in

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