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Statue of Naoroji in Mumbai
Statue of Naoroji in Mumbai

Dadabhai Naoroji (September 6, 1825 – June 30, 1917) was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political leader. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country His book, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, brought into the limelight the drain of India's wealth into Britain. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Asian to be a British MP. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [1] He is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India. Allan Octavian Hume ( June 6, 1829 - July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a Civil servant in British governed India Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (1844-1936 was a Parsi Indian politician from Bombay.

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Formative years

The son of Maneckbai and Naoroji Palanji Dordi, born into a poor family of Parsi-Zoroastrian priests in Navsari in Southern Gujarat, Naoroji was educated at Elphinstone College. Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Navsari (નવસારી is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. Gujarat (ગુજરાત Gujǎrāt, pronounced) is a state in western India. Elphinstone College is an institution of higher education affiliated to the University of Mumbai. At the early age of 25, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Elphinstone Institution in 1850, becoming the first Indian to hold such an academic position. [2] Being an Athornan (ordained priest), Naoroji founded the Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha (Guides on the Mazdayasne Path) on 1 August 1851 to restore the Zoroastrian religion to its original purity and simplicity. In 1854, he also founded a fortnightly, the Rast Goftar (or The Truth Teller), to clarify Zoroastrian concepts. By 1855 he was Professor of Mathematics and Natural philosophy in Bombay. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and For the current in the 19th century German idealism see Naturphilosophie Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature (from Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial He travelled to London in 1855 to become a partner in Cama & Co, opening a Liverpool location for the first Indian company to be established in Britain. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Within 3 years, he had resigned on ethical grounds. In 1859 he established his own cotton trading company, Naoroji & Co. Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. [3] Later he became professor of Gujarati at University College London. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London

In 1867 Naoroji helped establish the East India Association, one of the predecessor organizations of the Indian National Congress. Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India. In 1874 he became Prime Minister of Baroda and was a member of the Legislative Council of Bombay (1885-88). Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial He also founded the Indian National Association from Calcutta a few years before the founding of the Indian National Congress in Bombay, with the same objectives and practices. The Indian National Association was the first avowed nationalist organization founded in British India. Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India. The two groups later merged into the INC, and Naoroji was elected President of the Congress in 1886.

Naoroji moved to Britain once again and continued his political involvement. Elected for the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central at the 1892 general election, he was the first British Indian MP. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. Results |} The totals above exclude two Irish candidates whose party affiliation was unclear to F He refused to take the oath on the Bible as he was not a Christian, but was allowed to take the oath of office in the name of God on his copy of Khordeh Avesta. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. In Parliament he spoke on Irish Home Rule and the condition of the Indian people. Home rule refers to a demand that constituent parts of a state be given greater self-government within the greater administrative purview of the central government In his political campaign and duties as an MP, he was assisted by Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the future Muslim nationalist and founder of Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu: (December 25 1876 – September 11 1948 was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and In 1906, Naoroji was again elected president of the Indian National Congress. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Naoroji was a staunch moderate within the Congress, during the phase when opinion in the party was split between the moderates and extremists.

Naoroji was known as the 'Grand Old Man of India', a mentor to both Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Mahatma Gandhi. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, CIE ( गोपाल कृष्‍ण गोखले) ( May 9, 1866 - February 19, 1915) was one of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January He was married to Gulbai from the age of eleven. Child marriage usually refers to two separate social phenomena which are practiced in some societies He died in Bombay June 30, 1917, at age 92.

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  1. ^ Sumita Mukherjee, “‘Narrow-majority’ and ‘Bow-and-agree’: Public Attitudes Towards the Elections of the First Asian MPs in Britain, Dadabhai Naoroji and Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree, 1885-1906”, Journal of the Oxford University History Society, 2 (Michaelmas 2004). He may have been the first Indian to publicly demand independence from Great Britain.
  2. ^ "Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, 'The Grand Old Man of India'", Vohuman.org
  3. ^ "Dadabhai Naoroji, 1825-1917", Migration Histories. On line.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Thomas Penton		 Member of Parliament for Finsbury Central
1892–1895		 Succeeded by
William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. Results |} The totals above exclude two Irish candidates whose party affiliation was unclear to F The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895
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