Ranji Chandisingh was born on 5 January 1930 at San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, and died on 15 June 2009 at his home at Waterloo Street, Guyana.
11 Facts About Ranji Chandisingh
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Ranji Chandisingh was the son of Dr Charles Washington Chandisingh and Amelia Chandisingh.
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Ranji Chandisingh was among only a few that mastered the pragmatics of communist ideology in Guyana.
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Ranji Chandisingh attended Buxton Methodist School on the East Coast Demerara, Guyana and the Modern High School at Robb Street in Georgetown, Guyana.
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Ranji Chandisingh became an editor in the United Kingdom for monthly newspaper Caribbean News.
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In 1952, Ranji Chandisingh became the editor of Caribbean News, one of the first black newspapers in Britain.
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From 1961 to 1964 Ranji Chandisingh was the Minister of Labor, Health and Housing in British Guiana.
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In January 1980, Ranji Chandisingh was made Minister of Higher Education.
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In 1984, Ranji Chandisingh was made one of the Vice Presidents and First Deputy Prime Minister.
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Ranji Chandisingh hold the position of Vice President until PNC lost the 1992 elections.
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From 1989 to 1991, Ranji Chandisingh was Guyana's Ambassador to the former Soviet Union.