Pandit Ami Chandra Vidyalankar was an Indo-Fijian educator, preacher, labour leader, politician and football administrator.
11 Facts About Ami Chandra
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Ami Chandra served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1947 and 1953.
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Ami Chandra was the founder of the Fiji Teachers Union in 1929 and its first President.
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Ami Chandra was mentor of many of the early trade unionists and was the inspiration behind the formation of the Chini Mazdur Sangh and the Gold Mine Workers Union of Vatukoula.
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Ami Chandra was seen as a person who could be trusted by all sections of the Indian community, and when the Kisan Sangh split into two factions in 1943, both sides agreed to have the union's books audited by him.
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Ami Chandra was the president of the Fiji Industrial Workers Congress, an umbrella organisation representing all but one of the unions in Fiji.
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Ami Chandra promoted multi-racial trade unions and opposed the participation of any trade union in politics.
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In 1930 Ami Chandra moved to Suva where he was instrumental in the establishment of Arya Samaj Girls School at Samabula.
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Ami Chandra died in a plane crash in Singapore on 13 March 1954.
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Ami Chandra had been married to Sarvati Deviji and had four daughters; Saroj, Jyan, Pushpa and Om.
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Ami Chandra was a man of great scholarship and humility and when he died in a plane crash in Singapore, on 13 March 1954, on his way to England as the guest of the British Trades Union Congress, Fiji Indians suffered a great loss as he was being touted as a future successor to Vishnu Deo.