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Naoroji

Pioneer of Indian Nationalism

Dinyar Patel

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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95

ISBN 9780674238206

Publication Date: 05/12/2020

368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

10 photos

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Dinyar Patel is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. He has written for BBC News and the New York Times, among other publications.

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Read a Mint Lounge interview with Dinyar Patel on what India’s first nationalist would think of the country today
At the Atlantic, read Patel on Senator Kamala Harris and the hidden but important role of India in American politics
At Scroll.in, read an excerpt from Naoroji tracing how the nationalist leader’s support for women’s rights helped him get elected to British Parliament
Read a Hindustan Times interview with Patel
Read a Camden New Journal feature on Naoroji, with comment by Patel
At the Indian Express, read Patel’s argument that the majoritarian nationalism of today’s India represents a betrayal of the principles bequeathed to it by Naoroji
At BBC News, read Patel on how the “Grand Old Man of India” became Britain’s first Asian Member of Parliament
At The Wire, read an excerpt from Naoroji on “swaraj, agitation, and an intrepid spirit” during the Indian politician’s final days

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