Dadabhai naoroji: Dinyar Patel In the

Dinyar Patel In the summer of 1855, a thirty-year-old Dadabhai Naoroji set eyes on Europe for the first time. Like many Indian travelers of his era, Naoroji was utterly stunned by what he saw. In France, he marveled at the prosperity of its countryside and the wealth and technological sophistication of its cities. And London, the capital of the world’s mightiest empire, made Naoroji ’s native Bombay seem in comparison like an impoverished provincial backwater. It was like “entering a ... Topics Covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues Dadabhai Naoroji What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key contributions and their significance. Context: September 4, 2019 was the 194th birth anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji , the “Grand Old Man of India”, … Continue reading " Dadabhai Naoroji " Dadabhai Naoroji was an Indian independence activist, politician, merchant, scholar and writer who served as President of the Indian National Congress three times. He was also a British MP, a co-founder of the Liberal Party, and a pioneer of the theory of the Indian "wealth drain" into Britain. Recently, the 199th birth anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji was observed on 4th September 2024. He is also known as the “Grand Old Man of India”. British MP: He served as the first Indian member of the British parliament. In 1892, he won from the Central Finsbury seat as a Liberal Party candidate.