Sir Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader Mama[1] CBE (10 September 1890 – 16 June 1974) was a Malayan or Malaysian barrister and politician born in Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India.
[2] His eldest son Tan Sri Eusoffe Abdoolcader was also a prominent figure in Malaya and was a judge at the Supreme Court of Malaysia.
He was sent to England and went to Ilford County High School and Christ's College, Cambridge, then joined Lincoln's Inn.
[citation needed] He was: He is the first Indian in Malaya to receive a knighthood and was once threatened with execution by the Japanese.
Throughout the Japanese occupation in Singapore during WW2, Sir Husein was under suspicion for his pro-allied sympathies.