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Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917), popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India', was a Parsi intellectual, educator, and early Indian political thinker. The first Indian to publicly demand 'Swaraj' for India from the Congress platform in 1906, he was thrice president of the Indian...

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1. Verfasser: Naoroji, Dadabhai 1825-1917 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Mehrotra, Sri Ram 1931- (HerausgeberIn), Patel, Dinyar (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917), popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India', was a Parsi intellectual, educator, and early Indian political thinker. The first Indian to publicly demand 'Swaraj' for India from the Congress platform in 1906, he was thrice president of the Indian National Congress and the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons. This volume brings together for the first time a substantial collection of private papers, including handwritten notes and personal letters, of Dadabhai Naoroji from the National Archives of India. Divided into twenty-two sections, the volume chronicles Naoroji's interactions with political leaders, scholars, friends, and acquaintances from A.O. Hume, one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, to the well-known historian R.C. Dutt to Gopal Krishna Gokhale, the famous Indian political leader whom Naoroji mentored. The volume includes a detailed Introduction which sets the context for Dadabhai Naoroji's life and work
Beschreibung:liii, 604 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:9780198076667