99 - Dinyar Patel - Dadabhai Naoroji: Nationalist Pioneer

Two for Tea Podcast

For more about Dinyar: Dinyar Patel – Assistant Professor of South Asian History: https://dinyarpatel.com/ Dinyar’s book, Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism (2020), can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naoroji-Pioneer-Nationalism-Dinyar-Patel/dp/0674238206 Follow Dinyar on Twitter @DinyarPatel Timestamps 3:18 Why Naoroji was important: an excerpt from Dinyar’s book 9:15 Why Naoroji is so much less well known than other Indian nationalists 12:45 Economic drain theory 16:35 Indianising the Indian Civil Service 21:00¬- Naoroji’s career in the UK Parliament 29:09 Lord Salisbury’s notorious remarks about the “black man” running for Parliament and other racist attacks 36:45 The latter part of Naoroji’s life: greater radicalisation, a more international focus and changes to the direction of Indian nationalism 41:27 How is Naoroji viewed by other modern Indian historians? 46:47 How did Naoroji’s Parsi background affect his life, his approach, his experiences? 50:08 Two final points: the difficulties inherent in researching this material; Indians in Victorian era Britain