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    Dadabhai Naoroji was an important 19th century Indian educator, social reformer, and political leader known as the "Grand Old Man of India." He was the first Asian to be elected to British Parliament, pioneering many fields. Naoroji worked to promote the Zoroastrian religion and Indian culture through writings and speeches highlighting Britain's exploitation of India. He helped establish several important Indian organizations that furthered the independence movement. Naoroji had a long and productive life, passing away in 1917 at the age of 91 after making significant contributions to India's social and political progress.

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    Dadabhai Naoroji was an important 19th century Indian educator, social reformer, and political leader known as the "Grand Old Man of India." He was the first Asian to be elected to British Parliament, pioneering many fields. Naoroji worked to promote the Zoroastrian religion and Indian culture through writings and speeches highlighting Britain's exploitation of India. He helped establish several important Indian organizations that furthered the independence movement. Naoroji had a long and productive life, passing away in 1917 at the age of 91 after making significant contributions to India's social and political progress.

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    Dadabhai Naoroji was an important 19th century Indian educator, social reformer, and political leader known as the "Grand Old Man of India." He was the first Asian to be elected to British Parliament, pioneering many fields. Naoroji worked to promote the Zoroastrian religion and Indian culture through writings and speeches highlighting Britain's exploitation of India. He helped establish several important Indian organizations that furthered the independence movement. Naoroji had a long and productive life, passing away in 1917 at the age of 91 after making significant contributions to India's social and political progress.

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    Dadabhai

    Naoroji Biography
    Known as the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji was an
    educator, social reformer and an important political leader. This
    biography provides detailed information about his childhood,
    life, achievements, works & timeline.
    Quick Facts
    Nationality

    Indian

    Religion

    Zoroastrianism

    Born on

    04 September 1825 AD

    Zodiac Sign

    Virgo

    Born in

    Bombay, British India

    Died on

    30 June 1917 AD

    Place of
    death

    Bombay (Mumbai)

    Father

    Naoroji Palanji Dordi

    Mother

    Maneckbai

    Spouse:

    Gulbaai

    Founder/Co- Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha (Guides on the


    Founder
    Mazdayasne Path), Rast Goftar, Naoroji & Co,

    The first ever Asian to be a British Member of Parliament,


    Dadabhai Naoroji was a pioneer in many fields. He was an
    intellectual and an educator; he was the first Indian to become a
    professor at the Elphinstone Institute, Bombay, where he taught
    mathematics and natural philosophy. He had a deep love for
    mathematics and along with his love for the subject he also
    harbored several other interests. He was born into a poor Parsi
    family and struggled a lot during his childhood as his widowed
    mother single-handed raised him. As a young man he traveled
    to London to become a partner in Cama & Co, the first Indian
    company to be established in Britain. However, he was fed up
    with the unethical practices adopted in the company and
    resigned. Later on he went on to establish his own cotton
    trading company and became actively involved in politics. He
    felt that the British were exploiting India and set up the Gyan
    Prasarak Mandali to educate the adult men folk. He wrote many
    articles and gave speeches on the plight of India and played an
    important role in the formation of the Indian National Congress.
    Childhood & Early Life
    He was born in Bombay in 1825 into a poor Parsi family.
    T he family fell upon really difficult times when his father
    died when Dadabhai was just four years old.
    His mother Maneckbai single-handedly raised her family
    and did a very admirable job at it. She herself was
    illiterate but wanted to give her son a quality education.
    She played a very important role in making Dadabhai the
    person he grew up to be.

    His marriage was arranged to Gulbaai when he was 11


    years old as per the custom in India during those times.
    He received his primary education from the Native
    Education Society School after which he went to the
    Elphinstone Institute where he studied literature of the
    world.
    He was chosen for Clares scholarship when he was 15
    years old and was considered a scholar at this young age.
    Care e r
    When he was just 25, he became an Assistant Professor
    at the Elphinstone Institute.
    He hailed from an Athornan (priestly family) and founded
    the Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha on 1st August 1851 in
    an attempt to restore the Zoroastrian religion to its past
    glory. T his society still operates in Bombay (now Mumbai).
    He founded a fortnightly publication, the Rast Goftar ,
    meaning the truth teller in 1853 to clarify the Zoroastrian
    concepts to the common man.
    In 1855 he was appointed the professor of Mathematics
    and Philosophy at the Elphinstone Institute thus becoming
    the first Indian professor at the college which only had
    English professors so far. He also served as the Treasurer
    of the Student Literary and Scientific society.
    He left for London in June 1855 to become a partner in
    Cama & Co., which was the first Indian company to be
    established in Britain. T hough he worked diligently there,
    he was disillusioned by the companys unethical practices
    and resigned.
    In 1859 he established his own company, Naoroji & Co., a
    cotton trading firm.
    Starting from the 1860s, he actively began working for the
    upliftment of Indians. He was very vocal against the
    colonial rule of the British in India.
    He presented the Drain T heory to the British in which he
    stated how the British had exploited India, systematically

    depleting her wealth and resources while making the


    country poorer.
    He became involved with politics and helped to establish
    the East India Association in 1867. T his association would
    serve as one of the predecessor organizations of the
    Indian National Congress.
    He was patronised by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of
    Baroda and started his public life as the Dewan (Minister)
    to the Maharaja in 1874. He also served as a member of
    the Legislative Council of Mumbai from 1885 to 1888.
    He was elected the president of the Indian National
    Congress in 1886.
    He moved to London in the late 1880s and was elected for
    the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central at the 1892 general
    election - becoming the first British Indian MP.
    He spent his later years writing articles and giving
    speeches on the exploitation of India by the British, thus
    setting the foundation for the Indian Nationalist Movement.
    Major Works
    Known as the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji
    was an intellectual, educator and political figure who
    worked to promote the Zoroastrian religion and the Indian
    culture. He spearheaded Indias freedom struggle by
    giving speeches and writing articles on the exploitation of
    India by the British.
    Pe rsonal Life & Le gacy
    When he was 11 years old, his mother arranged his
    marriage with Gulbaai, a seven year old girl. T he couple
    went on to have three childrenone son and two
    daughters.
    T his freedom fighter, social reformer and educator had a
    long and productive life, spanning nine long decades. He
    died in 1917 at the age of 91.
    T he Dadabhai Naoroji Road is named in his honour.

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