An Indian in the House: The lives and times of the four trailblazers who first brought India to the British Parliament

In the years when India was controlled and exploited by the British Empire, its people were not considered fit to have a sayin the running of their own country, let alone to be given any political power. Around the turn of the 19th century, four menhelped to change that forever: Dadabhai Naoroji, Mancherjee Bhownaggree, Shapurji Saklatvala and Satyendra Sinha. Theywere the first four Indians to achieve Parliamentary office in the United Kingdom, three of them as MPs, all for different parties, the last as a hereditary Peer who attained a ministerial office in Westminster. Between them they earned India, and Indians, a long-overdue respect in the West, and opened the door for many other Indians to be welcomed into the ranks of the British Parliament in their wake, including the author. This book tells their stories This book tells their stories and is a tribute by the author, Lord Sheikh, to the four trailblazers who first brought India to the British Parliament.