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{{Infobox Politician (general)<br />
| name= A. R. Manu<br />
| image=<br />
| title= Nominated Member of the [[Legislative Council of Fiji|Legislative Council]]<br />
| term_start= 1956<br />
| term_end= 1957<br />
| predecessor= <br />
| successor= [[A. H. Sahu Khan]]<br />
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| birth_date= Fiji<br />
| birth_place= <br />
| death_date= 29 March 1957 (aged 48)<br />
| death_place= [[Lautoka]], Fiji<br />
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'''Abdul Rahman Manu''' (died 29 March 1957) was an Indo-Fijian businessman politician. He served as a nominated member of the [[Legislative Council of Fiji|Legislative Council]] from 1956 until his death in 1957.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born in Fiji, Manu owned a business and sugar cane farm in [[Lautoka District]].<ref name=PIM>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-320846906/view?partId=nla.obj-321055519#page/n140/mode/1up/search/council Mr. Abdul Rahman Manu] ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1957, pp139–141</ref><br />
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He was one of the founding members and president of the [[Maunatul Islam Association of Fiji|Maunatul Islam Association]], an organisation representing [[Muslim]]s who originally came to Fiji as [[indenture]]d labourers from [[Kerala]] in [[South India]]. He was also an active member of the [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] in Lautoka.<ref>Fiji Times, 2 March 1955</ref><br />
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Following the [[1956 Fijian general election|1956 elections]], he was nominated as one of the Indo-Fijian members of the Legislative Council.<ref name=PIM/> Following his death the following year, [[A. H. Sahu Khan]] was nominated as his replacement.<ref name=FE>[http://fijielections.blogspot.com/2017/02/1956-fiji-legislative-council-elections.html 1956 Fiji Legislative Council elections] Fiji Elections</ref><br />
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[[Category:Fijian farmers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Fijian businesspeople]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Fiji]]<br />
[[Category:Fijian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Malayali people]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Lautoka]]<br />
[[Category:1957 deaths]]<br />
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