Mauritius Times is a weekly newspaper which is published in Mauritius , primarily in English language .
9-505: Mauritius Times (MT) was founded on 14 August 1954. Bikramsingh Ramlallah (also known as Beekrumsing or Beekrum) and Sir Kher Jagatsingh teamed up to start the publication, shortly after Jagatsingh had left the Civil Service and before becoming an active politician. Ramlallah was the editor of Mauritius Times from 1954 to 2000. The Mauritius Times (founded in 1954) should not be confused with an older and defunct daily newspaper which
18-510: A public protest against the proposed restrictive Newspapers and Periodicals (Amendment) Bill. Also arrested were 44 other journalists who had joined the public protest in Port Louis . Mauritius Times provides the online version of the weekly paper, including the free-to-download PDF version of the newspaper. This Mauritius -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This African newspaper-related article
27-615: A village in the northern region of India, to Mauritius as an indentured labourer. Ramlallah worked as a teacher and social worker. He joined the Arya Samaj movement and was also chairman of the Port-Louis-based socio-cultural movement Hindu Maha Sabha (HMS). In 1940 Bikramsingh Ramlallah founded youth movement Sewa Samithi to train young members in recreational Lathi khela . For a number of years Ramlallah also imported books and newspapers in bulk from India, for subsequent retail sale at
36-537: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bikramsingh Ramlallah Bikramsingh Ramlallah (1915-2000), also known as Beekrumsingh Ramlallah, Beekrum Ramlallah, or Vikram Ramlallah, was a Mauritian school teacher, social worker, activist, journalist, politician and minister. In 1915 Bikramsingh Ramlallah was born in the village of Long Mountain, British Mauritius . His grandfather Ramlall and father Seenarain were Mauritian small planters. Bikramsingh Ramlallah's great-grandfather migrated from Ballia,
45-667: The 43 journalists but refused to arrest Ramlallah given his advanced age, thus prompting Ramlallah to walk to Line Barracks to support his arrested colleagues. Bikramsingh Ramlallah supported Labour Party politicians Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Harilall Vaghjee and Aunuth Beejadhur during the legislative elections of 1948 and 1953. Before the 1959 elections Ramlallah successfully canvassed Seewoosagur Ramgoolam in order to receive Labour Party "tickets" for journalists Kher Jagatsingh , Doojendranath Napal, Premchand Dabee, Ramawad Sewgobind, Somduth Bhuckory and himself. Five of these journalists were elected, except for Somduth Bhuckory. Thus Ramlallah
54-564: The Central Market of Port Louis. Given the popularity of these publications, by 1946 Ramlallah opened Nalanda Bookshop located on Bourbon Street, Port Louis. In 1954 Ramlallah, with Kher Jagatsingh 's assistance, founded weekly newspaper Mauritius Times . In the 1960s Ramlallah noticed the archaeological remains of the Coolie Ghat where indentured labourers, mainly from India, landed after their sea voyages. He successfully campaigned for
63-528: The protection, preservation and restoration of the Coolie Ghat, now known as Aapravasi Ghat. As founder-chairman of Mauritius Union of Journalists (MUJ) Ramlallah protested in 1984, along with 43 other journalists, against the government's proposed Newspapers and Periodicals (Amendment) Bill which would force print media owners to provide a security of Rs500,000, thus acting as a deterrent for small printing shops with limited financial means. Riot police arrested
72-491: Was a member of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1976, representing Constituency No. 6 Grand Baie-Poudre D'Or and he served in a number of roles including Parliamentary Secretary (PS) and Minister. To commemorate his contribution to education and politics the government of Mauritius changed the name of Mapou State Secondary School (SSS) to Beekrumsing Ramlallah SSS. This article about
81-566: Was also called " Mauritius Times ". The defunct paper used to be published a century earlier, between the 1840s and the 1930s. News articles in Mauritius Times often analysed events in the context of the country's socio-political history. It became known as an "opinion paper". Its founder-editor Bikramsingh Ramlallah was arrested and jailed in 1984 as he was founder-chairman of the Mauritius Union of Journalists (MUJ). The MUJ had organised
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