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| Biography of DADABHAI NAOROJI |
Born on: 04 Sep 1825, Mumbai
Died on: 30 Jun 1970 , Mumbai
Dadabhai Naoroji was a Parsi intellectual and educator, and an early
Indian political leader. The "Grand Old Man of India" and the "Father of Indian Nationalism" who
worked with perseverance and unshakeable faith towards the goal of
swaraj was the first Indian to claim self-government for his people.
Dadabhai Naoroji was also the first Indian to show that India was being
drained of its wealth under the British rule and thus was fast
succumbing to poverty. He played a key role in founding the Indian
National Congress in 1885 and was associated with the organisation till
his death. 