Ratu Sir Josefa Lalabalavu Vanayaliyali Sukuna KCMG KBE (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman. He is regarded...

Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (commonly known as Ratu Sukuna Day) was a national public holiday in Fiji until the year 2010, when the Prime Minister, Commodore...

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Lau is not hereditary it has been left vacant by his cousin¹ Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, who had died in 1958. [citation needed] Ratu Mara was first educated...

Second World Wars. The unit was first formed in 1917 at the proposal of Lala Sukuna, the son of a Fijian chief who had been rejected for service in the British...

holiday, is on May 30, but observed on the last Monday in May. Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji), removed as a national holiday in 2010. World Multiple Sclerosis...

of Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji originated with the Fijian noble Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna who introduced the buckled sulu to Fiji in 1920 following his military...

in 1966. The title Tui Lau was left vacant from his uncle, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, in 1958 as referenced in Mara, The Pacific Way Paper. The Northern Lau...

the sulu is believed to have been designed for formal wear by Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna. The casual or everyday unisex sulus are known as sulu-vaka-toga (meaning...

prime minister and president Tevita Momoedonu; former prime minister Sir Lala Sukuna; Soldier, scholar, and statesman. First Fijian university graduate. Read...

first-ever university graduate. In the years that followed, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, as he was later known, established himself as the most powerful chief...

Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer Geoffrey Howe, British politician Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, Fijian statesman and soldier John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the US...

Adi Litiana Maopa, a granddaughter of Cakobau. They had six children; Lala Sukuna (later one of the main leaders of Fiji), Asenaca Teimumu Vuikaba, Tiale...

logistics role in France and Italy. In the years that followed, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, as he was later known, established himself as a leading chief in Fiji...

had one son, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi I, who became the father of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna and others. His grandmother was Adi Talatoka, who was the daughter of...

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Native Land Trust Board established under the chairmanship of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna. 1951 Founding of Fiji Airways (after which it was renamed to Air Pacific;...

chiefly title in the Fiji Islands and was the wife of the late Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna. Maca Likutabua Gucake was born in the village of Tubou, on the island...

made a Justice of the Peace. Lala Sukuna (1983) Fiji: The Three-legged Stool : Selected Writings of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, px Death of Ratu Popi Pacific...

later revived in 1938 by the Vuanirewa Clan and bestowed to Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna upon the approval and support of the Tui Nayau, Ratu Tevita Uluiilakeba...

confederacies, Tovata has been the most politically influential. Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, considered the father of modern Fiji, was from Tovata, as were Ratu...

Board as a clerk. She later worked for Lala Sukuna as his private secretary. She married J.A.R. Dovi, Sukuna's younger brother, who served as Roko Tui...

first-ever university graduate. In the years that followed, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, as he was later known, established himself as the most powerful chief...

northern Fiji in the mid-19th century, is buried in Tubou, as are Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888–1958), Fiji's first modern statesman, and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara...

Fiji Red Cross Rebecca Scown, Olympic gold medalist in rowing Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, Fijian statesman Sir Brian Talboys, Deputy Prime Minister 1975–1981...

ten names submitted by the Great Council of Chiefs. In 1954, Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna was appointed the first Speaker of the Legislative Council. In 1963,...

its nominees to Parliament in the 1950s and early 1960s were Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Ratu George Cakobau, Ratu Edward Cakobau and...

Children's Sunday by Fiji's Methodists (not a public holiday). May Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day The celebrations in honor of Fiji's first modern statesman actually...

Christi Ceylon/Sri Lanka Lecturer; Sri Lankan Liberal Party MP, 2010–15 Lala Sukuna Fiji Tui Lau 1938–58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French...

the famous Fijians to attend the school was not an Indian but Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, regarded by many as the father of modern Fiji. In 1916, when it was...