Evert Azimullah is a Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

se diplomat

Diplomat

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, politician

Politician

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, and writer of India

India

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n descent. He served as the Surinamese Ambassador to the Netherlands.

History

In early 1960s he came to the Netherlands where he came in contact with the Surinamese Youth Association Manan, the counterpart of the Creole Hindustani Association of Suriname where he was active. In collaboration with Harry and William Lutchman he wrote a book on Anglo-Indian immigration to Suriname which was published in 1963.

Azimullah, together with Ganpat, started a trade in tropical products. Afterwards, he turned to study in political science in Amsterdam

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. In 1971 he got finished his doctorate. In 1986 he published a book about the President of the Hindustani Progressive Reform Party

Progressive Reform Party (Suriname)

The Progressive Reform Party is a Hindustani political party in Suriname.At the last legislative elections , the party was part of the New Front for Democracy and Development that won 31.6% of the popular vote and 14 out of 51 seats in the National Assembly...

 (VHP), Jagernath Lachmon

Jagernath Lachmon

Jagernath Lachmon, also Jaggernath Lachmon, was a Surinamese politician of Indian descent. He was one of the founders of the Progressive Reform Party, a Hindustani party founded in 1947 of which he served a long period as President.-Biography:Lachmon was born in Corantijnpolder in the district of...

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