Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji | |
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Dadabhai Naoroji, c. 1889 | |
| Member of Parliament (UK) for Finsbury Central | |
| In office 1892–1895 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Thomas Penton |
| Succeeded by | William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring |
| Majority | 5 |
| 2nd, 9th, and 22nd President of Indian National Congress | |
| In office 1886–1887 | |
| Preceded by | Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee |
| Succeeded by | Badruddin Tyabji |
| In office 1893–1894 | |
| Preceded by | Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Webb |
| In office 1906–1907 | |
| Preceded by | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| Succeeded by | Rashbihari Ghosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dadabhai Naoroji Dordi 4 September 1825 Navsari, Bombay Presidency |
| Died | 30 June 1917 (aged 91) Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Citizenship | British Indian |
| Nationality | British India |
| Political party | Co-founder of the Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal |
| Spouse | Gulbaai |
| Alma mater | University of Bombay |
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| Known for | Co-founder and 2nd, 9th, 22nd President of Indian National Congress |
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Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917), also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India", was an Indian independence activist, political leader, merchant, scholar and writer. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress and served as its 2nd, 9th, and 22nd President from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907.
He was the Diwan of Baroda from 1874, before moving to England, where he was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, representing Finsbury Central between 1892 and 1895. He was the second person of Asian descent to be a British MP, the first being Anglo Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre.
His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to his theory of the Indian "wealth drain" into Britain. He was also a member of the Second International along with Kautsky and Plekhanov. In 2014, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg inaugurated the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards for services to UK-India relations. India Post depicted Naoroji on stamps in 1963, 1997 and 2017.