Karam Chand Ramrakha, a key figure in the negotiations leading to Fiji’s independence from the United Kingdom, died in Sydney at the age of 88.
Fondly known as K.C. Ramrakha, he was a lawyer by profession and served in colonial Fiji’s Legislative Council and independent Fiji’s House of Representatives from 1966 to 1982.
He was also the general secretary of the National Federation Party from 1969 to 1979, and a member of the House of the Representatives from 1972 to 1982.
“K.C. Ramrakha was a brilliant lawyer-politician, a proud Marist old boy, who was a key figure in the negotiations leading to independence,” said historian and academic, Dr Brij Lal.
“He was a legend, a remarkable man, highly intelligent and possessed with unrelenting energy,” said his nephew and Nadi lawyer, Anil Singh.
His funeral will be held later this week.
