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Mahalingum Govender

cricketer (1946-2014)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ24175046 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mahalingum Govender (1946 – 27 January 2014) was a South African cricketer. He played 27 first-class matches for Natal between 1971 and 1984.

Editorial summary

“Mahalingum Govender” enters the record as cricketer (1946-2014). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mahalingum, Govender and cricketer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 2014, 1971, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1946. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mahalingum, Govender and cricketer.
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Why this record matters

“Mahalingum Govender” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mahalingum, Govender and cricketer provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24175046. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1946, 2014, 1971 and 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mahalingum Govender” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.