Dr. Cheddi Jagan was born in Guyana to parents of Indian origin whose ancestors came from India as indentured labourers during the nineteenth century. Growing up in a working-class Indo-Guyanese family, he was deeply influenced by the struggles of plantation workers and ordinary citizens. These roots shaped his lifelong commitment to equality, workers’ rights, and national unity. As the founder of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Cheddi Jagan became a central figure in Guyana’s independence movement and later served as President, laying the foundations for democratic governance and people-centred development.