An Indian in the house : the lives and times of the four trailblazers who first brought India to the British parliament /
Sheikh, Mohamed Iltaf, Baron Sheikh, 1941-
An Indian in the house : the lives and times of the four trailblazers who first brought India to the British parliament / Mohamed Sheikh. - Cirencester : Mereo, 2019. - 351p. : ill.
I. Dadabhai Naoroji : the grand old man of India -- The boy who became 'the promise of India' -- A Parsi in England -- Into the lion's den -- An Indian in parliament -- The later years -- II. Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree : the first Indian conservative -- A precocious talent -- The Conservative candidate from Bombay -- A life after politics -- III. Shapurji Saklatvala : the middle-class communist -- The man who turned his back on a business empire -- Love at first sight -- 'Bolshie Battersea' -- In and out of office -- A rebel in exile -- IV. Baron Sinha of Raipur : a brilliant and dedicated statesman -- The zaminder's son -- A star at the bar -- On the Viceroy's council -- President of Congress -- Raised to the peerage.
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Naoroji, Dadabhai, 1825-1917.
Bhownaggree, Mancherjee M. 1851-1933.
Saklatvala, Shapurji, 1874-1936.
Sinha, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, Baron Sinha, 1864-1928.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons --Officials and employees--Biography.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords --Officials and employees--Biography.
East Indians--Biography.--Great Britain
Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.
920.0092914
An Indian in the house : the lives and times of the four trailblazers who first brought India to the British parliament / Mohamed Sheikh. - Cirencester : Mereo, 2019. - 351p. : ill.
I. Dadabhai Naoroji : the grand old man of India -- The boy who became 'the promise of India' -- A Parsi in England -- Into the lion's den -- An Indian in parliament -- The later years -- II. Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree : the first Indian conservative -- A precocious talent -- The Conservative candidate from Bombay -- A life after politics -- III. Shapurji Saklatvala : the middle-class communist -- The man who turned his back on a business empire -- Love at first sight -- 'Bolshie Battersea' -- In and out of office -- A rebel in exile -- IV. Baron Sinha of Raipur : a brilliant and dedicated statesman -- The zaminder's son -- A star at the bar -- On the Viceroy's council -- President of Congress -- Raised to the peerage.
9781861514905
019422845 Uk
Naoroji, Dadabhai, 1825-1917.
Bhownaggree, Mancherjee M. 1851-1933.
Saklatvala, Shapurji, 1874-1936.
Sinha, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, Baron Sinha, 1864-1928.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons --Officials and employees--Biography.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords --Officials and employees--Biography.
East Indians--Biography.--Great Britain
Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.
920.0092914