Surujpat "Pat" Mathura, (1923 – 9 August 2007) the son of late Chandar Bahadoor Mathura and Rookmin, was working in his father's printery when he decided to embark upon a career in journalism and radio announcing. With the encouragement of his father, he started in 1947, at Radio Trinidad, where he worked for 47 years as an announcer, as well as producing radio programmes, with special emphasis on Indian art, culture and religion. In the 1956 Trinidad and Tobago general election he fought for the seat of Tunapuna and lost to Learie Constantine.