LLD (hon.) Bombay

Born Bombay, 4 Sept. 1825; s of Mr Naoroji, a Parsi priest, and Manekbai; m 1838, Gulbai, d of Mr Sorabje, a Parsi priest; two d; died 2 July 1917

first Indian Member of Parliament

Education

Elphinstone School and College

Career

First Indian Professor in India of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 1854; visited England, as partner in first Indian firm in England, 1855; Professor of Gujarati, and Life Governor, University College, London; obtained admission of Indians to the Civil Service, 1870; Prime Minister Baroda, 1874; Member of Corporation and Municipal Council, Bombay, 1875–76 and 1881–85; Member Legislative Council, Bombay, 1885–87; promoted Bombay Ripon Technical School, 1885; MP (L) Central Finsbury, 1892–95; great reception in India, 1893; President Indian National Congress, 1886, 1893, and 1906; President London Indian Society for many years; moved for inquiry into Indian affairs in House, 1894; defeated Government re Simultaneous Examinations, 1893; Member of Inter-Parliamentary Conference at The Hague, 1894; Member of Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure, 1895 (only Indian member of a Royal Commission); gave evidence to the Welby Commission, 1897; Member of British Committee of Indian National Congress from beginning (1889); contested N Lambeth, 1906; addressed many public meetings on India

Publications

Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, 1901; The Rights of Labour, 1906; and papers on Poverty of India; England’s Duties to India; Mysore; Expenses of the Abyssinian War; Indian Civil Service Clause in the Governor-General of India’s Bill; Admission of Educated Natives into the Indian Civil Service; Wants and Means of India; Commerce of India; Financial Administration of India; Correspondence with Secretary of State on Condition of India, 1880; Note on General Education; Minute on Technical Education; Reply to Sir Grant Duff in Contemporary Review, 1887; and many papers on Indian social, political, and economic subjects; collection published, 1887; Correspondence with Lord George Hamilton, 1900–1901

Addresses

The Sands, Vesava

Andheri, BB, and CI Railway, Bombay