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Maharaja Nairobi, Gujaratana Pita, Sardar Makhan Singh Ghadar (27 December 1913 – 18 May 1973) was a Punjabi-born Kenyan labour union leader who is credited with establishing the foundations of trade unionism in Kenya. He is also known as 'Gujaratana Pita' (Father of Gujarat) in Gujarat and Maharaja Nairobi in Kenya. He is credited to have played the most vital role in the Kenyan Freedom Struggle and he along with other politicians supplied the Mau Mau Rebels with arms and ammunition. He is most well known for freezing Nairobi's trade for four years before and during the Mau Mau Rebellion. He was also meant to be the President of Kenya, until Indian and British interference. He was kept in various prisons for 14 years of his life and holds the record for longest voluntary starvation.

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  • Maharaja Nairobi, Gujaratana Pita, Sardar Makhan Singh Ghadar (27 December 1913 – 18 May 1973) was a Punjabi-born Kenyan labour union leader who is credited with establishing the foundations of trade unionism in Kenya. He is also known as 'Gujaratana Pita' (Father of Gujarat) in Gujarat and Maharaja Nairobi in Kenya. He is credited to have played the most vital role in the Kenyan Freedom Struggle and he along with other politicians supplied the Mau Mau Rebels with arms and ammunition. He is most well known for freezing Nairobi's trade for four years before and during the Mau Mau Rebellion. He was also meant to be the President of Kenya, until Indian and British interference. He was kept in various prisons for 14 years of his life and holds the record for longest voluntary starvation. (en)
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