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Which freedom fighter was popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India' ?

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Which freedom fighter was popularly known as the 'Grand Old Man of India' ?
posted Jul 23, 2015 by Sandeep Bedi

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Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji was known as the Grand Old Man of India. He was a Parsi intellectual, cotton trader and an early Indian political and social leader. He was a member of parliament in the UK House of Commons between 1892 and 1895, and the first Asian to be a British MP. Naoroji is also credited with the founding of the Indian National Congress, along with A.O. Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha.

answer Jul 29, 2015 by Manikandan J
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