bear the name of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (SSR), such as the SSR Botanical Garden, a recreational centre for senior citizens, SSR Medical College, Pamplemousses SSR National Hospital (at the site of the defunct Royal Alfred Observatory), the island's main airport, previously called Plaisance International Airport, and Kewal Nagar (a small village previously called Belle Rive). He also figures on every Mauritian Rupee coin and on the highest note tender of Rs2,000. Monuments to him also stand in the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, on Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis, and even in the village of SSR's ancestor, near Patna, Bihar in India. See also History of Mauritius References External links Birth centenary celebrations of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, the Rare Diplomat, by Joseph Tsang Mang Kin 1900 births 1985 deaths Mauritian physicians Governors-General of Mauritius Foreign Ministers of Mauritius Alumni of University College London Alumni of the London School of Economics Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Labour Party (Mauritius) politicians Mauritian Hindus Mauritian Knights Bachelor People from Flacq District Prime Ministers of Mauritius Ministers of Finance of Mauritius Mauritian politicians of Indian descent Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom