B.P. Wadia (Bahman Pestonji Wadia) was a prominent social reformer and labor leader in early 20th-century India. He was a close associate of Annie Besant and a member of the Theosophical Society. In April 1918, he founded the Madras Labour Union, considered the first modern trade union in India. Wadia played a key role in organizing industrial workers and laying the foundation for the organized labor movement in colonial India.

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Who was B.P. Wadia? - History

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Who was B.P. Wadia?

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B.P. Wadia (Bahman Pestonji Wadia) was a prominent social reformer and labor leader in early 20th-century India.

He was a close associate of Annie Besant and a member of the Theosophical Society.
In April 1918, he founded the Madras Labour Union, considered the first modern trade union in India.
Wadia played a key role in organizing industrial workers and laying the foundation for the organized labor movement in colonial India.

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