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Dadabhai Naoroji

1825 - 1917

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Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917), also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India", was an Indian independence activist, political leader, merchant, scholar and writer. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress and served as its 2nd, 9th, and 22nd President from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894 and 1906 to 1907. He was the Diwan of Baroda from 1874, before moving to England, where he was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, representing Finsbury Central between 1892 and 1895. He was the first person of Indian descent to be a British MP,. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dadabhai Naoroji is the 6,657th most popular politician (down from 3,921st in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from India (down from 126th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dadabhai Naoroji ranks 6,657 out of 19,576. Before him are Mustafa Tlass, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Abdullah Mirza, and Elijah Muhammad. After him are Rose Francine Rogombé, Itzcoatl, Guy Mollet, Kalākaua, Fuchai, and Marquis of Haihun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Dadabhai Naoroji ranks 21. Before him are Emil Erlenmeyer, Marie of Prussia, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Nubar Pasha, Sher Ali Khan, and Henri Giffard. After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, George Phillips Bond, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. Among people deceased in 1917, Dadabhai Naoroji ranks 34. Before him are Adolph Wagner, Hugo Simberg, Lucien Petit-Breton, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Maximilian von Prittwitz, and Manuel de Arriaga. After him are Gustav von Schmoller, Carolus-Duran, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Sarah Aaronsohn, Matthias Zurbriggen, and Kristian Birkeland.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dadabhai Naoroji ranks 250 out of 1,861. Before him are Feroz Khan (1939), Tatya Tope (1814), V. V. Giri (1894), Johnny Lever (1957), Nirmala Sitharaman (1959), and Mangal Pandey (1827). After him are Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Śāntarakṣita (725), Dignāga (480), and Dhyan Chand (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Dadabhai Naoroji ranks 85. Before him are Khaleda Zia (1945), Birbal (1528), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), Amrit Kaur (1889), V. V. Giri (1894), and Nirmala Sitharaman (1959). After him are Dhyan Chand (1905), Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), and Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734).

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