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‘Blue Plaque’ Recognition to London Home of Dadabhai Naoroji
The south London home where Dadabhai Naoroji - the “grand old man of India” lived has been honoured with a commemorative Blue Plaque.
The Blue Plaque scheme, run by the English Heritage charity, honours the historic significance of particular buildings across London.
Some Notable Facts on Dadabhai Naoroji’s London Sojourn
- Much of his time here was occupied by his work as a member of the Welby Commission, set up by the British government to investigate wasteful spending in India.
- His key text on drain theory – ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ (1901) – was published while he was living here.
- Fellow Indian nationalists Romesh Chunder Dutt and Sister Nivedita are known to have been guests at the house.
- Naoroji stood for Parliament in the general election as a Liberal candidate for Holborn in central London, but was defeated in the strongly Conservative constituency. He went on to be elected on a Liberal ticket for the north London constituency of Finsbury Central at the general election of July 1892 – making history as the first Indian (also the first Asian) to sit in the U.K. Parliament.
Welby Commission
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