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Winner of the 2021 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay–NIF Book Prize The 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. Dinyar Patel examines the extraordinary life of this foundational figure in India’s modern political history, a devastating critic of British colonialism who served in Parliament as the first-ever Indian MP, forged ties with anti-imperialists around the world, and established self-rule or swaraj as India’s objective. ...
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Excerpt from India and Mr. Dadabhai Naoroji: An Account of the Demonstrations Held in His Honour as M. P. For Central Finsbury, During His Visit to India, for the Purpose of Presiding at the Ninth Indian National Congress, Lahore, December 1893-January 1894 Thus, Mr. Naoroji's advent to India in 1593 'was. An historical event. It has since been f'elt that the several inci dents of his brief stay of six weeks may.be preserved in some permanent formlor historical reference. This as: has now been accomplished. In the following pages will be found a massive collection of all the proceedings which occurred in relation to Mr. Naoi'ojl, from the hour of his landing. To that of his sailing 'back to ...
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