Naoroji, India's forgotten first nationalist, mentored Gokhale, but hardly knew Jinnah

#SoftCover Speaking on his new book "Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism" at ThePrint's new collaboration with Harper Collins called 'SoftCover' and online launch, historian Dinyar Patel talks about the man who inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru - Dadabhai Naoroji. Patel points out in this eminently readable biography that Naoroji is far more important to the idea of India than a man who first thought up the "drain of wealth" theory -- how the British were sucking millions of pounds out of India every year -- or the fact that he was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament, that he was the co-founder of the Indian National Congress along with Surendra Nath Bonnerjea and Allan Octavian Hume and that it was he who first thought up the idea of 'Swaraj'. Watch : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia