Modern Indian History

The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of Lala Lajpat Rai.

• Dadabhai Naoroji was born in 1825.

• Dadabhai Naoroji was a part of early Indian Nationalism and very active in politics from 1866 to 1917.

• Dadabhai Naoroji was called Grand Old man of India due to his activities in Indian national movement for 6 decades.

Dadabhai Naoroji was known as the Grand Old Man of India. He was an Indian nationalist and critic of British economic policy in India. He put forward the drain theory in his book Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India. He became widely known for his unfavourable opinion of the economic consequences of British rule in India.

Dadabhai Naoroji was known as the Grand Old Man of India. He was an Indian nationalist and critic of British economic policy in India. He put forward the drain theory in his book Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India. He became widely known for his unfavourable opinion of the economic consequences of British rule in India.

Dadabhai Naoroji known as the Grand Old Man of India, was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader.

Dadabhai Naoroji was the first man to say that internal factors were not the reasons of poverty in India but poverty was caused by the colonial rule that was draining the wealth and prosperity of India. The drain of wealth was the portion of India’s wealth and economy that was not available to Indians.

The early phase of the Indian National Congress (1885-1905) was dominated by leaders who believed in constitutional methods, petitions, and persuasion, and they are known as the Moderates.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society in 1905 in Pune to train national missionaries for the service of the country.

Dadabhai Naoroji was the first man to say that internal factors were not the reasons of poverty in India but poverty was caused by the colonial rule that was draining the wealth and prosperity of India. In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the ‘drain of wealth’ theory in which he stated that the Britain was completely draining India. He mentioned this theory in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India. Further in his book , he stated the loss of 200-300 million pounds of revenue to Britain. Dadabhai Naoroji considered it as a major evil of British in India.

Indian Council Act of 1892 laid the foundation of parliamentary system in India. It increased the number of additional (non-official) members in the Central and provincial legislative councils, but maintained official majority in them. It also gave them the power of discussing budget and addressing questions to the executive.

Dadabhai Naroji the Grand Old Man of India, was of the opinion that the British were basically just and good. He wanted to place the true state of affairs in India before the people of England.

Dadabhai Naoroji is widely known as the Grand Old Man of India for his pioneering work in exposing the economic drain of India under British rule.

The Early Nationalists defended civil rights whenever the British government tried to curtail them. In fact it was because of the political work done by the Early Nationalists that democratic ideas began to take root among Indians.