"One whose contributions to Britain by any standards remain memorable and who represented culture, intelligence and public spirit was Dadabhai Naoroji, the first Indian Member of [British] Parliament."
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Kusoom Vadgama wrote in her book "India in Britain" quoted in Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji: "The Grand Old Man of India"
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji (Hindi: दादाà¤à¤¾à¤ˆ नौरोजी) (September 4, 1825 – June 30, 1917), given the sobriquet, the Grand Old Man of India, belonged to the Parsi community of Bombay (now Mumbai). He was renowned as an intellectual, educationist, a businessman in cotton trading, and as an early Indian political and social leader known as the architect of Indian nationalism. He was the second person of Asian heritage (after David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre) to become a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Com
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