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
Historic Site The first Asian elected to the House of Commons was Dadabhai N...
Wealthy soap magnate and Liberal MP for Warrington in Cheshire. Married Domin...
The oldest of the three royal boroughs in England, it was formed in 1965 by t...
Founded the Mothers’ Union in 1876. Born as Mary Elizabeth Heywood in Lancas...
