Naoroji (Record no. 343119)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674249080
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.54092
Item number PAT
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Personal name Patel, Dinyar
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Title Naoroji
Remainder of title Pioneer of Indian Nationalism
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harvard University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2020
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 352
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Summary, etc. The definitive biography of Dadabhai Naoroji, the nineteenth-century activist who founded the Indian National Congress, was the first British MP of Indian origin, and inspired Gandhi and Nehru. Mahatma Gandhi called Dadabhai Naoroji the “father of the nation,” a title that today is reserved for Gandhi himself. Dinyar Patel examines the extraordinary life of this foundational figure in India’s modern political history, a devastating critic of British colonialism who served in Parliament as the first-ever Indian MP, forged ties with anti-imperialists around the world, and established Self-Rule or Swaraj as India’s objective. Naoroji’s political career evolved in three distinct phases. He began as the activist who formulated the “drain of wealth” theory, which held the British Raj responsible for India’s crippling poverty and devastating famines. His ideas upended conventional wisdom holding that colonialism was beneficial for Indian subjects and put a generation of imperial officials on the defensive. Next, he attempted to influence the British Parliament to Institute political reforms. He immersed himself in British politics, forging links with socialists, Irish home rulers, suffragists, and critics of empire. With these allies, Naoroji clinch his landmark election to the house of Commons in 1892, An event noticed by colonial subjects around the world. Finally, in his Twilight years he grew disillusioned with parliamentary politics and became more radical. He strengthened his ties with British and European socialists, reached out to American anti-imperialists and progressives, and fully enunciated his demand for Swaraj. Only Self-Rule, he declared, could remedy the economic ills brought about by British control in India. Naoroji is the first comprehensive study of the most significant Indian nationalist leader before Gandhi.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Nationalists-India
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Naoroji, Dadabhai
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2020-09-24 699.00 1 320.54092 PAT 161902 2020-09-29 2020-09-29 2020-09-24 Books

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