death_date death_place children birth_place image_size parents birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation
8 january 1956 bombay , british india sons indubhushan m. doctor -lrb- deceased -rrb- daughter : avanidevi -lrb- : deceased -rrb- madhusudha , lalitmohan -lrb- deceased -rrb- , baroda , gujarat , british india 300 father : maganlal 28 july 1881 jayakumari devi manilal doctor
 ma , llb manilal maganlal doctor lawyer
manilal doctor

manilal maganlal doctor -lrb- 28 july 1881 -- 8 january 1956 -rrb- was an indian-born , london educated lawyer and politician , who travelled to numerous countries of the british empire , including fiji , mauritius and aden , providing legal assistance to the local ethnic indian population .
he met gandhi , who asked him to go to mauritius , where he represented indo-mauritians in court and edited a newspaper , `` the hindustani '' .
gandhi later informed him of the need for a barrister in fiji and he arrived in fiji in 1912 .
in fiji he also represented indo-fijians in court , started a newspaper , `` indian settler '' and established an organisation for fiji indians , known as the indian imperial association .
in 1916 when he was by-passed for nomination to the legislative council of fiji , he relationship with the government of fiji deteriorated .
the government accused him of the violence and sabotage of the 1920 strike and deported him .
he was barred from practising law in several british colonies .
he later managed to practice law in aden , somalia and bihar state in india but spent his final days in bombay .
