J. D. Maharaj

Jitendra Durga Maharaj (died December 2006) was a Fijian sports administrator. He had been mainly involved with the Fiji Football Association, holding positions of Secretary and Executive Director of the Association. He is credited with the introduction of the Battle of the Giants soccer tournament in 1978.{{cite news|title=Battle of the Giants Tournament History|url=http://www.fijilive.com/soccer/show/bog/12.shtml|publisher=Fijilive|date=December 27, 2006|access-date=December 27, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428145330/http://www.fijilive.com/soccer/show/bog/12.shtml|archive-date=April 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}

Other positions that he held were:

• chef de mission of the Fiji team to the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
• South Pacific Games Chief Executive 2003
• Treasurer of Oceania Football Confederation from 1990{{cite news|title=History of the Oceania Football Confederation|url=http://home.alphalink.com.au/~warrior/edowch.htm}}
• Match Commissioner of the Oceania U-20 World Cup 2001 Qualifiers{{cite news|title=Oceania U-20 World Cup 2001 Qualifiers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oc-u20-01.html}}

He died in December 2006.{{cite news |title=Ba's Men in Black rule |work=Fiji Times |page=26 |date=31 December 2006 |via=EBSCOHost |quote=it was a sad note with former Fiji soccer administrator Jitendra Durga Maharaj better known as JD passed away last week.}}

In October 2009 he was awarded the Fiji Olympic Order by the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee.{{cite news |title=Maharaj receives Olympic Order |work=Fiji Times |page= |date=25 October 2009 |via=EBSCOHost}}