Ep 187: Dadabhai Naoroji and the Fight for India
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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What Is the Heart of an Empire Like?
Naroji was only expecting to be in the kingdom for a few years. He wanted about two or three years leave from elphinstone, and then he wanted to come back and teach. That, of course, never happened. But you know, if if we try to think of what's going on inside his mind, a few things come to mind. I mean, first of all, by 18 55, he is getting much more involved in political activities, and political activities in the direction of criticising colonial rule. By being an indian in great britain, you were kind of, again, going against the tide. You were, you know, cotton was flowing
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