Sir Satcam Boolell GCSK QC (11 September 1920 – 23 March 2006) was a Mauritian politician who served as member of the Legislative Assembly in Mauritius.
His father Sahadewoo (born in 1879 and died in 1940 in New Grove, Mauritius) worked as a policeman and supplemented his income as a trader and supervisor at the Dookhee Gungah property where he grew vegetables and traded nursery plants.
Sahadewoo Boolell joined the Arya Samaj Socio-Cultural Group where his son Satcam remained active throughout his life.
[7] Satcam Boolell married Premila Indurjeet in Port Louis in 1946 and they had 3 children Arvin, Satyajit (Ajit) and Mira.
[13] Satcam's sister was married to Somdath Bhuckory, a lawyer, writer and former Town Clerk of Port Louis.
In August 1990 Satcam Boolell was one of the three ministers who were dismissed from the ruling government after refusing to support the project to make the island a republic.
[24] Satcam Boolell also supported the Young Farmers Club, an initiative of Dr Clovis Vellin in the 1960s and 1970s to encourage small-scale and hobby farming in Mauritius.
[30][31] In the 1970s Satcam Boolell founded and sponsored the Mauritian newspaper The Nation which was managed by journalists Jugdish Joypaul et Subash Gobine.
[34] Satcam Boolell was elevated to the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of Indian Ocean (G.O.S.K.)
[36] A statue of Satcam Boolell has been erected at Place d'Armes in Port Louis in recognition of his contribution to the development of agriculture.