This website is now dedicated to the memory of Dr. Cheddi Jagan
and Mrs. Janet Jagan, both former Presidents of Guyana.
The year was 1918, when on March 22, in a rural villag
e in Guyana, the remarkable life of an ordinary sugar worker's son began. His name was Cheddi Jagan, and before his time was over he would change the course of his country's history by first struggling to liberate it from British colonial domination, then by waging a 28 year long struggle for the restoration of freedom and democracy, and finally by ascending to the Presidency as Guyana's first democratically elected Head of State.
Alongside Dr. Jagan in all these struggles was his American born wife, lifelong friend and political partner, Janet, who left the USA for life in Guyana where she remained until her death on March 28, 2009. She was a woman of a number of firsts in her long history of involvement in her adopted country's politics. She was to reach the pinnacle as first woman Head of State in December 1997, following the death in office of her husband on March 6, after first serving as Prime Minister.
They were the founders of the country's first mass political movement and unquestionably the leading political figures in the history of Guyana for over the last 66 years. Through their tireless efforts, the small country of Guyana experienced a wealth of benefits, social advancement and economic prosperity.
As international figures they are well known for their fight for peace and freedom around the globe. Dr. Jagan's ideas on globalisation and debt relief, as well as his proposals for a New Global Human Order, were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 14, 2002. As such, he deserves credit as a major figure in modern history.
The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre which is privately run by Dr. Jagan's family and friends, was declared open on March 22, 2002 . Our aims and objectives are to promote research into and publish materials on the life, work and ideas of Dr. and Mrs. Jagan - this will also promote research into the history of Guyana's struggle for Independence and social justice, the history of Guyana as a whole from the early 1940's to 2009. Welcome to our website dedicated to the life and work of Cheddi and Janet Jagan.
Join us during the month of March in remembering the
lives and contributions of Cheddi & Janet JaganMarch 6, 2010 - Dr. Jagan's 13th Death Anniversary
March 22, 2010 - Dr. Jagan's Birthday
March 28, 2010 - Mrs. Jagan's 1st Death Anniversary
List of Activities for March 2010 - Guyana
Janet Jagan - Unpublished Stories & Poems
A book to commemorate the 1st Death Anniversary of Janet Jagan, compiled and edited by her daughter Nadira, will be available in late March.
Janet Jagan Unpublished Stories & Poems
is a collection of previously unpublished stories, letters and poems written for children, freedom fighters and her family.Some of them tell about her life in
the US, her parents, about important
events in her early life, times spent with her husband, Dr. Cheddi Jagan. They tell of events, until now unknown to the public, that are important to an understanding of who she was.
BIOGRAPHY: Here you will find a biographical summary of Dr. Jagan's life containing numerous photos.
