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Bhadase Sagan Maraj (भडासे सगन महाराज; 1920–1971) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician, religious leader and businessman. He founded the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha in 1952, which grew into the major Hindu organisation in Trinidad and Tobago. ==Early life== Born Bhadase Sagan Maraj in the tiny village of Caroni, the young Hindu's first ambition was to take his family out of the poverty, deprivation and degradation that had been their lot ever since his father stepped off an indentured labourers' boat. The elder Sagan was a six footer. He was strong, handsome and fearless. It was from him that Bhadase inherited his strong physical characteristics. Sagan senior was a devout Hindu, even fanatical. Bhadase developed his over-riding ambition to improve the lot of the Hindus from him. But before he could help the Hindus, Bhadase himself had to be strong enough and was a violent man who used violent methods to achieve his wealth and his place in the society. As he would say: "A weak man is a liability in a fight." Bhadase started off to his first million dollars by digging sand for construction purposes in the Caroni River. It was quite a thing to see this strapping young six-footer with a long bamboo pole pushing his flat-bottomed boat up the Caroni River. This was only the beginning, for soon the young Bhadase had bought a truck and was in the transport business. The advent of the Second World War and the arrival of the American Armed Forces in this country threw Bhadase into the big league. He was one of the biggest contractors on the American naval base at Chaguaramas and when the order came for the Americans to pull out their task force from that country, Bhadase was able to buy out large areas of the base that were being deactivated. Bhadase was not yet 30 when he counted his first million dollars. This was a real rags to riches story. From then on there was no stopping him for Bhadase was now equipped to fight the Hindu cause. When Bhadase was elected to Parliament in 1950 there was no Maha Sabha. Hindu schools were only a dream and illiteracy among Hindus was about 50%. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhadase Maraj」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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