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Dadabhai Naoroji

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Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825-30 June 1917) was a Member of Parliament (MP) with the British government (c.1896). Naoroji was the first Indian MP and, in his duties as an MP, was briefly assisted by Jinnah. By 1906, Naoroji was president of the Indian National Congress; Jinnah served him there as a secretary.