Khemradj Kanhai (4 June 1912 – 26 November 1988) was a Surinamese politician of the VHP.
He proceeded to work as a shop assistant at Sauwma, and later he became active in wholesale and retail.
[1] Kanhai was also active in politics as a board member of the 'Hindu Party' that merged in 1949 into the VHP of which he became the treasurer.
At the 1951 Surinamese general election the two seats of the Estates of Suriname for the district Nickerie went to the VHP members Oedayrajsing Varma and Kanhai.
[4] In 1974, a year before Suriname became independent, he moved to Amsterdam where he died in 1988 at the age of 76.