Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji

 

• Born: September 4, 1825, Mumbai.
• Died: June 30, 1917, Mumbai.
• He was instrumental in the establishment of the Indian National Congress along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha and was President of the Indian National Congress thrice. 
• He was a member of parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895 and the first Asian to be a British MP.
• Dadabhai Naoroji is fondly called as the "Grand Old Man of India". 
• His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.