dadabhai naoroji (4 september 1825 – 30 june 1917), was a parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an indian political and social leader. he was known as the grand old man of india. naoroji was the first indian to be a british mp, he was a liberal party member of parliament (mp) in the house of commons between 1892 and 1895. he began the indian national congress, along with a.o. hume and dinshaw edulji wacha. he wrote a book, "poverty and un-british rule in india", about how india's wealth was being sent to britain. he was also a member of the second international along with kautsky and plekhanov .