Question

dadabhai naroji's role in creating public opinion in england
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Answer 1

Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "official Ambassador of India" was an Indian 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 Asian to be a British MP,[1][2] notwithstanding the Anglo-Indian MP David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, who was disenfranchised for corruption after nine months. Naoroji was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.[3]

The Honourable

Dadabhai Naoroji

MP

Dadabhai Naoroji 1889.jpg

Dadabhai Naoroji c. 1889

Member of Parliament

In office

1892–1895

Preceded by

Frederick Thomas Penton

Succeeded by

William Frederick Barton Massey-Mainwaring

Constituency

Finsbury Central

Majority

5

Personal details

Born

4 September 1825

Navsari, Bombay Presidency, British India

Died

30 June 1917 (aged 91)

Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

Nationality

Indian

Political party

Liberal

Other political

affiliations

Co-founder of Indian National Congress

Spouse(s)

Gulbaai

Residence

London, United Kingdom

Alma mater

University of Mumbai

Occupation

Academician, politician, trader