Rabindrah Ghurburrun

Sir Rabindranath Ghurburrun
GOSK
1st Vice President of Mauritius
In office
1 July 1992 – 30 June 1997
PresidentCassam Uteem
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAngidi Chettiar

Sir Rabindrah Ghurburrun, GOSK (1928–2008) was the first vice president of Mauritius from 1992 to 1997. He started his political career as a member of the Mauritius Labour Party. However, he was appointed by the Mauritian Militant Movement-Militant Socialist Movement coalition government as vice president while the Labour Party was in the opposition.[1]

Born into a Hindu Ravived[2] (synonymous of caste Chamar)[3] family, a lawyer by profession, he did a diploma at the University of Oxford.[4][5][6] He was also the first High Commissioner of Mauritius to India. Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi described him as behaving like the last Maharaja of India.[1]

He died at the age of 79 in Paris, France.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Banners". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ↑ "संस्थापक सर Rabindrah Ghurburrun". Mauritius Arya Ravived Pracharini Sabha. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Claveyrolas, Mathieu (27 May 2015). "The 'Land of the Vaish'? Caste Structure and Ideology in Mauritius". South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal. doi:10.4000/samaj.3886. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Gokhool President? But Gurib-Fakim challenges reports". World Future. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Former Vice Presidents". Vice President website. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Attention aux faux guides au Jardin de Pamplemousses !".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ http://www.lemauricien.org/weekend/080427/so.htm#27 Obituary
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