History of Goodar Born around 1872, little is known about Goodar. The husband of Raimoon (the great grandfather of Rajendra and grandmother of Roopnarine). Raimoon was a very spiritual man who was commonly referred to as “Goodar Sadhu”. A sadhu is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism who has renounced the …
History of Raimoon Born around 1875, little is known about Raimoon. The wife of Goodar (the great grandfather of Rajendra and grandmother of Roopnarine), her name is mysterious as it suggests an Arabic origin, but from all accounts, Raimoon was a firm adherent of the Hindu faith. Some of her friends referred to her as …
History of Romasha Romasha was the first girl of a total number of eleven children. Of course, the riches were in the number of births and not exactly monetary value. Romasha spent much of her early years with the sister of Madan, working as a shop assistant. She often gave stories of her prowess at …
History of Madan Born in 1915, Madan was the son of Mooniah and Kowlessar. He became an orphan in his early teens and was forced to fend for himself as an itinerant. Daily, he would wander around San Juan, Barataria, and Aranguez doing menial jobs to feed himself. He developed valuable skills as a cricketer …
History of Kowlessar Born around 1886, Kowlessar was the son of Bachu of the Koiri Caste and was approximately 24 years old when he was visited by a recruitment officer sometime in September 1906, in the Village of Narah, under the Thana of Gola, the District of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh inquiring as to whether he …
History of Mooniah Born around 1886, Mooniah was from the village of Basantpur in the Thana and District of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, a member of the Kurmi caste. The Kurmi is a low-level agricultural caste known for its early resistance to caste discrimination. As early as 1894, the first Kurmi caste association had been formed …