Ep 187: Dadabhai Naoroji and the Fight for India
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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You Know, I'm Going of Fascinated by That
He is a figurehead of the indian community in london sowere. Parents send him letters to make sure he doesn't marry a british girl. The other thing that struck me is how late in his life all this is happening. You know, he's 67 at the time he wins a r r that election. An heis born in 18 25. This is 18 92. He's 70 at the time is run, and he's not even nearly done. Like, his iconic congress speech of 19 o six is when he was 81 years old. And, well, we'll come to that later.
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