Dadabhai Naoroji – from economic nationalism to political nationalism

Abdul Azim Islahi

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Abstract: Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) was among the leading Indian nationalist leaders who aroused the feeling of economic nationalism and propagated for it. The most instrumental in this regard had been his theory of drain. The paper studies this theory and its role in awakening the desire and movement to achieve economic nationalism. It also examines the stages through, which Dadabhai passed from economic nationalism to political nationalism or the self-rule which was his final call. The paper will conclude with a remark that economic nationalism and political nationalism are complementary and supplementary to each other and none will be realized in true sense of the word without the achievement of other.

Keywords: Economic Nationalism; Political Nationalism; Drain theory; Dadabhai Naorogy; Sir Syed ahmad Khan; Indian Economic Thought (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 B31 F52 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995, Revised 1995
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Published in Economic Thought of Dadabhai Naoroji (2001): pp. 85-91

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