A. D. PATEL
(Ambalal Dahyabhai Patel)
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Although he pleaded for unity, Fiji has been ethnically divided ever since and in 2009 reached a de facto coups over ethnicity.
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Ambalal Dahyabhai Patel, better known as A.D. Patel, was an Indo-Fijian politician, farmers' leader and founder and leader of the National Federation Party. Patel was uncompromisingly committed to a vision of an independent Fiji, with full racial integration. He was one of the first to advocate a republic, an ideal not realized in his lifetime. He also advocated a common voters' roll and opposed the communal franchise that characterized Fijian politics.