Sri Lanka Bohra Family Genealogy
REIMOO, Ghulamhussain H. -
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…2 Abdul Azeez 1912-1990
Born:06-Oct-1912 in Porbandar, India. Educated at Sind University of Bombay, India. Appointed MP 1950-1952, 1970-1977, and 1989-1990. Awarded Meritorious Award for struggle against racial
discrimination. President Democratic Workers Congress.
Associated Jawaharlal Nehru, Jaya Prakash
Narayan, & Yusuf Mehrali. Took a leading role in the Bombay Students Movement and Students
Conference. Returned to Ceylon in 1935. Secretary, Ceylon-Indian Congress Labor Union, 1939. Formed CWC in 1940. President CWC in 1943.
Jailed by the British for sedition in 1943. Led Ceylon-Indian Congress delegation before the Soulbury Commission in 1944. Formed
Democratic Workers Congress (DWC) in 1945. Died:29-Apr-1990