With reference to Dadabhai Naoroji consider the following statements 1 He was the first Indian to be...........

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With reference to Dadabhai Naoroji, consider the following statements.

1. He was the first Indian to be elected to Parliament in Britain.

2. He was a founding member of the East India Association and London Indian Society.

3. He was a proponent of the 'drain theory'.

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3 only

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Of Bombay Parsi origin, he was the first Indian to be elected to Parliament in Britain. Naoroji travelled to Britain in 1885 as a business partner of Cama and Company.A member of several businesses, he became Professor of Gujarati at University College, London(1856-65). He had also been founder-editor of the journal Rast Goftar in Bombay in 1851.
He founded the London Zoroastrian Association in 1861. He was also founding member of the East India Association and London Indian Society, and became vocal in promoting Indian rights in regard to the ICS and trade.
Naoroji was an economist and proponent of the 'drain theory', building up a detailed economic critique of British imperialism in India. He also established links with Irish MPs and was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1885 in Bombay.His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.