Sir Satcam Boolell GCSK QC was a Mauritian politician who served as member of the Legislative Assembly in Mauritius.
16 Facts About Satcam Boolell
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Satcam Boolell was known as "Somduth" by his peers and family members.
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Sahadewoo Boolell joined the Arya Samaj Socio-Cultural Group where his son Satcam remained active throughout his life.
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Satcam Boolell married Premila Indurjeet in Port Louis in 1946 and they had 3 children Arvin, Satyajit and Mira.
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Premila Boolell died in 1986 and later Satcam married Myrtha Poblete, a Polish national.
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Satcam Boolell's daughter Mira is the wife of Sushil Khushiram who has been Minister of Industry and is a bank executive.
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Satcam Boolell's nephew Prakash Boolell was a lawyer who was candidate at the 1976 General Elections.
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Satcam Boolell's sister was married to Somdath Bhuckory, a lawyer, writer and former Town Clerk of Port Louis.
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Satcam's elder brother Boomitre Boolell died in July 2022 at the age of 104.
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Satcam Boolell then joined Sookdeo Bissoondoyal's party the Independent Forward Bloc which had dissociated itself from the Labour Party which had been taken over by a group of Hindu intellectuals who collaborated with the British governor of the colonial British Mauritius.
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At the 1982 elections he was defeated but in 1983 Satcam Boolell was elected to Parliament.
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Satcam Boolell was president of the Labour Party from 1984 to 1991.
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Satcam Boolell was a candidate of Labour Party in Constituency No 10 - Montagne Blanche and Grand River South East at the General Elections held on 15 September 1991.
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Satcam Boolell is credited for having led innovations at the Agricultural Marketing Board and facilitated agricultural diversification.
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Satcam Boolell supported the Young Farmers Club, an initiative of Dr Clovis Vellin in the 1960s and 1970s to encourage small-scale and hobby farming in Mauritius.
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Satcam Boolell wrote opinion papers which were published in Mauritian newspapers such as Mauritius Times and L'Express.