Background
His father, an immigrant from Mumbai (Bombay), India, arrived in Fiji in 1929 and established a tailoring and upholstery business in Labasa, on the northern island of Vanua Levu.
His father, an immigrant from Mumbai (Bombay), India, arrived in Fiji in 1929 and established a tailoring and upholstery business in Labasa, on the northern island of Vanua Levu.
He has also held political office as a Senator, as a Labasa Town Councillor. He worked in New Zealand for a six-month period in 1956 before returning to Labasa to work for Ramakrishna Patel and Company. He established his own shoe shop in 1964, with the help of a loan.
Nagindas was elected to the Labasa Town Council in 1983, serving till 1986, and was again elected to this post in October 2005.
In addition, he served in the Senate, the upper house of Fiji"s Parliament, in 1999 and 2000. In the mid-2000s, he campaigned for improved infrastructure in and around Labasa, including a bypass road, a port of entry to boost international trade, and airport upgrades.
He also advocated the building of a sports stadium.
The Town Council elected Nagindas, a member of the Fiji Labour Party, Deputy Mayor of Labasa on 30 October 2006.