Anand Babla (1954 – December 22, 2008) was a

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an politician of

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n descent. He was a member of the National Farmers Union and

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(FLP), holding the Tavua constituency from

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

to 2006. in the

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. He won the seat in the

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

and

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

. On 19 May 2000, he was among the 43 members of the People's Coalition Government, led by

Mahendra Chaudhry Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (; born 9 February 1942) is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party. Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, the former trade union leader beca ...

, taken hostage by

George Speight George Speight (; born 1957), also known by his pseudonym Ilikimi Naitini, is a Fijian businessman and politician who was the leader of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, in which he and rebel soldiers from Fiji's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit sei ...

and his band of rebel

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(RFMF) soldiers from the

Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit The Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit or CRWU was the common name for the First Meridian Squadron, the unit's formal name, which had been disbanded in 2000. It was a special forces group of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, and was the brainc ...

. He was released on 21 May 2000, after he signed a paper resigning his seat in Parliament. Babla's political career came to an end with the

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on 5 December 2006. Babla died in

on December 22, 2008, following a long illness. He was survived by his wife and three children.Former Labour Parliamentarian Passes Away
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1954 births 2008 deaths Fiji Labour Party politicians Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) Fijian Hindus Politicians from Tavua, Fiji Fijian politicians of Indian descent {{Fiji-politician-stub