Uday Singh (Fijian politician)

Uday Singh Commissioner of Oaths, OBE, JP (14 September 1938 – 7 June 2014) was an Indo-Fijian landowner, social worker and politician.

Mr Singh was a staunch supporter of former Prime Minister Ratu Mara and the former Alliance Party.

This vigor led him to serve in the various educational, religious boards and to take active participation in politics and in various areas of national development.

Uday Singh was a cane farmer and Gang president of KumKum in Moto Sector, Ba, since 1960.

This was the first election contested by the Labour Party and its candidate was the future Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry.

In the 1987 elections he stood as a NFP-Labour coalition candidate for the Nasinu/Vunidawa Indian Communal Constituency and won his seat easily[1] but the coup of 1987 ended his political career.

1970 – Independence Medal 1974– Justice of Peace 1985– Order of British Empire (OBE) 1994– Commissioner of Oaths 1995– Fiji 25th Anniversary Independence Award 2002– Arya Ratna He died in Ba Mission hospital in the early hours of 7 June 2014, after being admitted the night before.