INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dadabhai Naoroji affectionately known as “The Grand Old Man of India", was an ardent patriot, a great social and political reformer and a prominent nationalist of progressive views. He was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament, the first Indian to sit on a Royal Commission (the Welby Commission).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dadabhai Naoroji was called Grand Old man of India due to his activities in Indian national movement for 6 decades.

Detailed explanation-3: -Naoroji was one of the first Indian political activists. He was a moderate leader in the Congress although he was very vocal in his criticism of British policies in India. He acted as a mentor to Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale. He died in 1917 in Bombay aged 91.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dadabhai Naroji known as the Grand Old Man of India was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political and social leader.