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London Indian Society
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Nineteenth-century Indian student society
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In 1865 the London Indian Society was founded under the guidance of Dadabhai Naoroji. It was formed by Indian students as a forum to air political grievances. Europeans were allowed to be honorary members but could not vote or hold office. The founding group of students included W. C. Bonnerjee, Manomohun Ghose, Pherozeshah Mehta and Badruddin Tyabji.
In 1866 the London Indian Society was superseded by the East India Association, although it did continue to exist in some separate form for a few more years.
Cumpston, Mary, 'Some Early Indian Nationalists and their Allies in the British Parliament, 1851-1906', The English Historical Review 76.299 (April 1961), pp. 279–97
Ralph, Omar, Naoroji: The First Asian MP (St John's, Antigua: Hansib, 1997)
Seal, Anil, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968)
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© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present
