Political Ideas of Dadabhai Naoroji

The present paper analyzes the political ideas of Dadabhai Naoroji as shown through their writings and speeches. Dadabhai Naoroji was part of the generation of nineteenth-century nationalists who petitioned the colonial government with economic policy critiques, including his own drain of wealth theory. The paper analyzes use of Naoroji's arguments and their evaluation of the early nationalist period. By further analyzing early Indian nationalists, one can better understand the course of the nationalist movement as well as the ideas that were central to the latter part of the movement led most notably by Gandhi.