George Hindori
{{Short description|Surinamese politician}}
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| birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname
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George Dewendrepersad Hindori (August 13, 1933{{cite book|title=Personalities Caribbean: the international guide to who's who in the West Indies, Bahamas, Bermuda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NF1sAAAAMAAJ&q=Hindori+OR+hindori%27s|edition=7th|page=845|accessdate=11 November 2015|year=1983|publisher=Personalities Limited}} – January 26, 1986) was a Surinamese politician.
Biography
Hindori was born into a Brahmin family in Paramaribo. His parents were Premda and Boedhram Hindori, and he was of Indo-Surinamese descent.
Hindori served in Suriname's parliament. In the run-up to independence for Suriname in 1975, he was the second in command of the Progressive Reform Party, led by Jagernath Lachmon. That party was the main opponent of immediate independence from the Netherlands. Following a trip to the Netherlands, Hindori switched his position, favoring immediate independence, and broke with the Progressive Reform Party. He then backed the independence policies of Prime Minister Henck Arron.{{cite web
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| date =19 August 2012
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After initially opposing independence, his decision to switch and support the Suriname independence movement gave the movement enough votes to secure independence from the Netherlands.{{cite book|last1=Oostindie|first1=Gert|last2=Klinkers|first2=Inge|title=Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7nKehGDofUC&pg=PA109|accessdate=11 November 2015|year=2003|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=9789053566541|pages=109–}}{{cite book|last=Kempen|first=Michiel van|title=Surinaamse schrijvers en dichters: met honderd schrijversprofielen en een lijst van pseudoniemen|trans-title=Surinamese writers and orators: with 100 writers' profiles and a list of pseudonyms|language=Dutch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fD5KAAAAYAAJ&q=Hindori+OR+hindori%27s|accessdate=11 November 2015|year=1989|publisher=De Arbeiderspers|isbn=9789029525114}} His change of position has been described in terms ranging from "brave, conscientious and nationalistic, to opportunistic or even 'bribed'". He held the position of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture.{{cite web|title=George Hindori, een van Surinames nationale helden (in Dutch)|url=https://www.hindorama.com/george-hindori-een-van-surinames-nationale-helden-h-ramsoedh/|website=Outlook|accessdate=21 April 2020}}
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Category:20th-century Surinamese politicians
Category:Surinamese politicians of Indian descent