Dadabhai Naoroji, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDadabhai Naoroji
Indian politician
Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1825
Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death: 30-Jun-1917
Profession: politician, economist, university teacher
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dadabhai Naoroji
- Sir Dadabhai Naoroji Dordi (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India" was a British Parsi scholar, trader and politician who was a Liberal Party member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Indian to be a British MP, notwithstanding the Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was disenfranchised for corruption.
- Naoroji was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.
- His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.
- In it he explained his wealth drain theory.
- 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 dedicated stamps to Naoroji in 1963, 1997 and 2017.
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