Zerbanoo Gifford

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Great Lives: Cyrus Todiwala on Dadabhai Naoroji

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Cyrus Todiwala on Dadabhai Naoroji

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Cyrus Todiwala on Dadabhai Naoroji

Cyrus Todiwala picks Dadabhai Naoroji who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP.

Chef Cyrus Todiwala chooses Dadabhai Naoroji who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP. With Matthew Parris. From 2016.

Chef Cyrus Todiwala chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the 'Grand Old Man of India' who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP for Finsbury Central.  

He later returned to India and petitioned for the country to be self-governing. Gandhi, who was Dadabhai's mentee, would later refer to him as the Father of the Nation.  

Matthew Parris presents and Zerbanoo Gifford is the expert.

Producer: Toby Field

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.

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