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Dadabhai naoroji and his contribution to the nation

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Dadabhai Naoroji Contribution

What is Dadabhai Naoroji's contribution as a social reforme

I think that one of Naroji's primary contribution to the cause of social reform rested in the idea that continuation of its relationship with England will drain India of all of its wealth.  Given the time period and the voices that argued for accommodation with England and negotiation, Naroji's writings on the topic were fairly radical.  The social reform movement was expanded with the idea that from an economic point of view, India will become dried up with the current Status Quo so greatly benefiting England.  Naroji was careful to not pursue this idea into a radical notion of complete separation from England, but his writing seemed to advocate that Indian reform needed to be forceful in order to address the implications of wealth drying up.  Approaching the issue from an economic point of view, Naroji was able to make the case that excessive taxation will not benefit India in the long term while it cripples it in the short term.  This helped to bring to light the economic reality that colonization of India presented.  In this, I think that Naroji made a great contribution to the case of social reform in India.