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Chef Cyrus Todiwala chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the 'Grand Old Man of India' who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP for Finsbury Central.
He later returned to India and petitioned for the country to be self-governing. Gandhi, who was Dadabhai's mentee, would later refer to him as the Father of the Nation.
Matthew Parris presents and Zerbanoo Gifford is the expert.
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.
By BBC Radio 44.2
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Chef Cyrus Todiwala chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the 'Grand Old Man of India' who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP for Finsbury Central.
He later returned to India and petitioned for the country to be self-governing. Gandhi, who was Dadabhai's mentee, would later refer to him as the Father of the Nation.
Matthew Parris presents and Zerbanoo Gifford is the expert.
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.

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