K. C. Ramrakha
| Karam Chand Ramrakha | |
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| Member of Legislative Council (Fiji) Nausori Tailevu Constituency |
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In office 1966–1972 |
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| Member of House of Representatives (Fiji) Nausori Levuka Constituency |
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In office 1972–1982 |
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| Opposition Whip (Fiji) | |
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In office 1966–1977 |
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| Personal details | |
| Political party | National Federation Party (Fiji) |
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| He was also President of Fiji Teachers Union from 1967 to 1973 | |
Karam Chand Ramrakha was a Fiji Indian lawyer, union leader and politician, who served in colonial Fiji's Legislative Council and independent Fiji's House of Representatives from 1966 to 1982.
K.C. Ramrakha joined the Federation Party when its support was concentrated in the sugar cane growing districts of Fiji. One of the four Indian members of the Legislative Council (Andrew Deoki, representing the Southern Constituency which included the districts of Suva, Navua, Nausori and Tailevu in the Central Division elected in 1963 was not a member of the Federation Party). In the 1966 election, A. D. Patel recruited Ramrakha as one of the candidates (the other was Irene Jai Narayan) to extend NFP's support into the Central Division. Ramrakha's main opponent was K. B. Singh, a veteran politician who had first entered the Legislative Council in 1937. Ramrakha easily defeated Singh by 3,220 votes to 677 votes with a third candidate receiving 604 votes.
Ramrakha soon proved himself to be an accomplished debator and was rewarded for his skills by being made the Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council. He was also elected the General Secretary of the Fiji Teachers Union. In 1969, he aided AD. Patel in the Court of Arbitration appointed for the new sugar cane contract. When A. D. Patel died in 1969, many people thought that Ramrakha was a suitable person to take up the leadership of the National Federation Party (NFP), but the Party chose Sidiq Koya instead. After the 1972 elections, his relationship with Koya worsened and he resigned as General Secretary of the Party but withdrew his resignation later.
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