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An Indian in the house : the lives and times of the four trailblazers who first brought India to the British parliament / Mohamed Sheikh.
By: Sheikh, Mohamed Iltaf, Baron Sheikh
.Publisher: Cirencester : Mereo, 2019Description: 351p. : ill.ISBN: 9781861514905.Subject(s): Naoroji, Dadabhai, 1825-1917 | Bhownaggree, Mancherjee M. (Mancherjee Merwanjee), 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 | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901 | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936 | East Indians -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 920.0092914
Contents:
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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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.