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In the 1937 election, Singh decided to contest the
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Chattur Singh was one of the first Indo-Fijians to take an active interest in politics. He opposed the
Residential Tax Legislation (poll tax) of 1922, which imposed an annual tax of one pound on all Fiji residents between the ages of 18 and 60, by refusing to pay the tax. The court ordering his
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was re-nominated. Singh had been an early supporter of common roll and on a visit overseas in 1929, put the case for Fiji
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traders and money lenders, and the fact that A.D. Patel was an India-born
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was formed, its members were mainly those who had supported Singh in the election campaign. Aware of the power of the
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