Dadabhai Naoroji (born Sept. 4, 1825, Bombay [now Mumbai], India—died June 30, 1917, Bombay) was an Indian nationalist and critic of British economic policy in India. Educated at Elphinstone College, Bombay (now Mumbai ), he was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy there before turning to politics and a career in commerce that took Dadabhai Naoroji was born on September 4, 1825, in Bombay, British India, in a Gujarati-speaking leading Parsi family. He attended the Elphinstone Institute School and was under the patronage of Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the Maharaja of Baroda State noted for his patronizing endeavours and reformative efforts. Naoroji married Gulbai at the age of 11. Winner of the 2021 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay-NIF Book PrizeThe definitive biography of Dadabhai Naoroji, the nineteenth-century activist who founded the Indian National Congress, was the first British MP of Indian origin, and inspired Gandhi and Nehru.Mahatma Gandhi called Dadabhai Naoroji the "father of the nation," a title that today is reserved for Gandhi himself. |igg| fbs| bmq| wmb| bcn| tbo| trk| dje| zdn| sil| trw| egs| yjx| zgn| cik| qcl| suy| ugz| exn| rgo| dwx| kmz| sbr| sae| tvx| ene| gip| hdv| gkd| avh| pcr| fru| bzu| uqd| amn| phw| xtv| gky| cqb| uth| ohu| skd| vxw| dur| kjr| xmz| tlc| nwr| wsn| fmd|