The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895. This was 4 years after the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, had said that black men should not and would not be elected to Parliament.
He has a statue in Mumbai.
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Shiekh Khaled Jaber F. Al-Sabah
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George Joseph Levy, MBE
George Joseph Levy was born on 25 May 1927, the younger of the two children of Percy Philip Levy (1892-1964) and Maude Agnes Levy née Simmons (1900-1991). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarte...
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Anti-Corn-Law League
Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished. This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...
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