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 | | So dim indeed, that the leader of the Independence Movement, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) abstained from touching that aspect of national economic life that it had become fashionable for all newly independent countries to address, namely land ownership. |
 | | In the forties and fifties, there was a great rivalry between the Bissoondoyal brothers Basdeo and Sookdeo on the one hand, and Dr Ramgoolam and his friends Seeneevassen, Vagjhee, Beejadhur, JNR and others on the other, for the leadership of the Hindu community. |
 | | The 1967 elections were won by the Independence Party, and on 12 March 1968, Mauritius became an independent country within the Commonwealth with Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR) as its first Prime Minister. |
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