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the gang president of KumKum P/L gang in the Moto Sector for such a long time. Singh did a substantial amount of cane farming which was substantial contribution to the Fiji
Islands commerce of sugar production and provided support for numerous families living on his farm land in Ba. Singh's family business is the largest contributors to the nations import and export business.
366:. He was the chairman of the Board of Governors of the two schools run by the Arya Samaj in Ba. He was national president of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji from 1984 to 1987. Singh was awarded the highest honor of the Arya Samaj, the title Arya Ratna, in 2002. The Title of Arya Ratna was conferred for exceptionally valuable contribution to Arya Samaj.
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After leaving school Singh worked with his father on their grand estate. He developed an appreciation of the business of farming and on acquired three hundred and fifty acres of farm land. Such interest and dedication made him very attached to this vocation and that is the major reason for him being
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Uday Singh was a cane farmer and Gang president of KumKum in Moto Sector, Ba, since 1960. In 1970–1995 he was the chairman of Ba Health Center. Between 1985 and 1987 Singh was the director of the Sugar Fund
Authority, between this period he was also a Member of Parliament. He was a commissioner in
335:. This was the first election contested by the Labour Party and its candidate was the future Prime Minister of Fiji, Mahendra Chaudhry. The election was won by Uday Singh with 7848 votes defeating Mahendra Chaudhry who got 7644 votes and James Shankar Singh a distant third with 5003 votes. In the
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The nature of farming community did not isolate him from the many intricacies of the total society ranging from children's education to the national politics and he had no qualms to be actively involved in all the major areas of the total existence and the sound maintenance of the society and the
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Uday Singh was married to Vidya Singh, whom he had known since childhood. They have 4 children
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