| Name(s) |
DADABHAI NAOROJI |
| Date of
Birth |
September 04, 1826
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
| Date of
Death |
June 30, 1917
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian
Intellectual, Educator, Politician, Cotton Trader |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1850:
- He was the first
Indian to hold the position of a
Professor at the Elphinstone
Institution in 1850 at the
age of just 24 years.
- 1855:
- He was Professor
of Mathematics and Natural
philosophy in Mumbai.
- 1892 to 1895:
- He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the U.K. House
of Commons.
- July 06, 1892:
- He became the
first Asian to be a British
MP.
-
July 14, 1889:
- He was also member of Second International, the
original Socialist International, an
organization of socialist and labour
parties formed in Paris on this day.
- 1867:
- In 1867, he helped establish the
East India Association,
one of the predecessor organizations
of the Indian National Congress.
- 1874:
- In 1874, he became Prime
Minister of Baroda and was
a member of the Legislative
Council of Mumbai
(1885–88).
- 1886:
- He was elected President
of the Indian National Congress.
- 1906:
- Once again, he was elected President
of the Indian National Congress.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the founder
of the Indian National Congress,
along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw
Edulji Wacha.
- He also worked as
Professor of Gujarati at
University College, London.
- His main works were focused on Poverty in India
and the drain of wealth from India into England through colonial
rule.
|
|
Commemoration |
- A prominent residential colony
for central government servants in
the south of Delhi is also named
Nauroji Nagar.
- The Dadabhai Naoroji Road, a
heritage road of Mumbai, is named
after him.
- Dadabhoy Naoroji Road in
Karachi, Pakistan is also named
after him.
- Naoroji Street in the Finsbury
area of London is also named after
him.
|
|
Other |
(Popularly known as the
Grand Old Man of India) |
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