Dadabhoy naoroji biography of barack
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Journal of Liberal History
By Pash Nandra
Type Biography
When four black Labour MPs were elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 general election, much was made of the political breakthrough this represented for Britain’s ethnic minority communities. But the first non-white to win a Parliamentary seat had achieved his victory, as a Liberal, nearly a hundred years earlier.
Dadabhai Naoroji was born in Khadka, near Mumbai, on 4 September 1825, the son of a Parsee priest. At the age of eleven he was married to Gulbai, then aged seven, herself the daughter of a priest. Together they had a son, who died in 1893, and two daughters. Naoroji was educated at the Elphinstone School and College in India where he stayed on to teach, becoming the first Indian professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. He took part in the social and political debate as a proponent of reform, opened a newspaper, Rast Goftar, in 1851 and was a founder member of the Bombay Association in 1852. He first came to England in 1855 as a partner in the first Indian firm established there, but went on to become Professor of Gujerati and a life governor at University College, London. He developed his interest in reform and was prominent in campaigns to open up the Indian Civil Service to Indians, wh
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Indian statesman leader, pundit and man of letters (1825–1917)
Dadabhai Naoroji (4 Sept 1825 – 30 June 1917), besides known hoot the "Grand Old Public servant of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador medium India", was an Soldier Independence nonconformist, political commander, merchant, pedagogue and man of letters. He was one cosy up the foundation members most recent the Asian National Intercourse and served as academic 2nd, Ordinal, and Ordinal President punishment 1886 problem 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907.
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1820s
4 September 1825: Dadabhai Naoroji born in Khadak in Bombay’s Native Town.
1829 (?): father Naoroji Palanji passed away.
1830s
1836 (?): married to Gulbai Shroff, aged seven.
1839: underwent the Zoroastrian navar ceremony (first initiation ceremony for the Zoroastrian priesthood) at Wadia Atash Behram, Bombay.
1840s
1 May 1840: enrolled at Elphinstone College.
1845: completed studies at Elphinstone College.
1 November 1845: appointed as assistant master at Elphinstone College.
1848: led efforts to found the Students’ Literary and Scientific Society.
1848 or 1849: appointed as assistant professor at Elphinstone College.
1850s
3 August 1851: joined Navrozji Fardunji in founding the Rahnumae Mazdayasnan Sabha, a vehicle for Zoroastrian religious reform in the Parsi community.
15 November 1851: published the first edition of Rast Goftar.
26 August 1852: delivered his maiden political speech at the meeting that inaugurated the Bombay Association.
October 1852: appointed as acting professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Elphinstone College.
1854: appointed as full professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Elphinstone College, becoming the first-ever Indian to hold this rank at a British-administered institution of higher e