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Question
With reference to the growth of National consciousness in India, explain each of the following:
Two contributions of Dadabhai Naoroji
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Solution
Two contributions of Dadabhai Naroji were as follows:
i. Dadabhai Naroji as an economic thinker explained the theory of ‘Drain of Wealth’. He pointed out the British government was draining the Indian wealth to England in various ways like by paying the salaries and pensions of the British officers in India from the Indian exchequer.
ii. Dadabhai was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress and he demanded ‘Swarajya’ or ‘self-government’ in the initial meetings of the INC.
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