Tuesday, August 18, 2015

What is Dadabhai Naoroji's contribution as a social reformer in Indian history?

I think that one of Naroji's primary contribution to the
cause of social reform rested in the idea that continuation of its relationship with
England will drain India of all of its wealth.  Given the time period and the voices
that argued for accommodation with England and negotiation, Naroji's writings on the
topic were fairly radical.  The social reform movement was expanded with the idea that
from an economic point of view, India will become dried up with the current Status Quo
so greatly benefiting England.  Naroji was careful to not pursue this idea into a
radical notion of complete separation from England, but his writing seemed to advocate
that Indian reform needed to be forceful in order to address the implications of wealth
drying up.  Approaching the issue from an economic point of view, Naroji was able to
make the case that excessive taxation will not benefit India in the long term while it
cripples it in the short term.  This helped to bring to light the economic reality that
colonization of India presented.  In this, I think that Naroji made a great contribution
to the case of social reform in India.

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