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Registered:
The
International Register
of Arms, 09 Jan. 2019.
Registration No. 0476
(Vol.3).
Arms: Or, perched upon
a sugar cane couped
fesswise Vert a raven
Sable on a chief arched
convex Gules a carp
naiant embowed Or.
Crest:
A palm tree
Proper surmounted by an
Ashoka Chakra Azure.
Mantling:
Dexter Gules doubled
Argent; sinister Sable
doubled Argent.
Motto:
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा
ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि
Assumed:
Trinidad and Tobago,
January 2019
Design:
Arms devised by The
Armorial Register
Limited.
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The
armiger is a Trinidad
and Tobago politician
and writer. He is a
member of the United
National Congress. On
June 27, 2011 he became
a member of the Senate
of the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago and
Minister of Transport
following his
appointment as Chairman
of the Public Transport
Corporation of Trinidad
and Tobago. He is
currently in Opposition
without a Parliamentary
seat.
The armiger’s family was
brought from India to
Trinidad and Tobago by
the British during the
Indentureship Period
1845 to 1917, with the
earliest arrival in 1854
following the Sepoy
Mutiny and the last in
1914 before the Great
War. The family
comprised a mixture of
high caste Hindu
Brahmins and others. The
family remained devout
Hindus despite pressures
applied by the British
apparatus of State.
The family’s roots have
been traced to the
Northern Indian Kingdom
of Awadh whose symbol is
that of the fish and the
Carp in the arms
reflects that in the
flag of the Kingdom. The
flag is also reflected
in the livery colours of
the arms; Gules and Or
are also the livery
colours of Anglia Ruskin
University where the
armiger received his
tertiary education and
yellow is the “colour”
of the political party
the armiger is a member
of. The sugar cane
illustrates the family’s
presence in Trinidad as
indentured workers.
The armiger’s life has
been entirely dedicated
to public service.
Following his studies in
Canada he returned to
Trinidad and Tobago
joining the largest
Hindu organization in
the Caribbean – The
Sanatan Dharma Maha
Sabha, and was also a
member of the Inter
Religious Organization.
He was also the
President of the local
chapter of the Global
Organization of People
of Indian Origin as well
as newspaper columnist
for over a decade. These
social activities
resulted in his most
recent public
appointment as Minister
of Government and the
raven in the arms
reflects the
characteristics required
of a self-made man and a
public servant at
Ministerial level; The
“Common Raven”, Corvus
Corax, is but one of the
Corvids found in India,
some of the larger
species of Corvids, such
as the raven, show high
levels of intelligence.
The crest of a palm tree
Proper surmounted by an
Ashoka Chakra Azure
emulates the crest in
the arms of Trinidad and
Tobago, A palm tree
Proper surmounted by a
ship's wheel Or, with
the Ashoka Chakra
replacing the ship’s
wheel. The most visible
use of the Ashoka Chakra
today is at the centre
of the Flag of India
(adopted on 22 July
1947), where it is
rendered in a navy-blue
colour on a white
background.
The Sanskrit motto “Ma
Karmaphalaheturbhurma Te
Sangostvakarmani “
translates as “Never be
motivated by the results
of your actions, nor
should you be attached
to not performing your
prescribed duties” and
is taken from Chapter 2,
Verse 47 – Bhagavad
Gita.
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