BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7f818b77de2fbfaa378dc048332e40c CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20211120T121116 SUMMARY:"Swaraj: Dadabhai Naoroji and the Early Nationalist Movement" - A talk by Dr. Dinyar Patel, University of South Carolina LOCATION:Learning Commons B\, Chandragupta Third Floor DESCRIPTION:At the 1906 Congress in Calcutta, Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) declared tha t the goal of the Indian National Congress must be swaraj or self-rule. Nao roji’s endorsement of swaraj was not a sudden epiphany: it was the result o f nearly six decades of experience and evolving thought on the reasons behi nd India’s desperate political and economic circumstances. This talk will t race the genesis of Naoroji's political philosophy with respect to swaraj. It evaluates how Naoroji’s opinion on the subject matured during three dist inct phases of his political career: his articulation of the drain theory, his attempts to win a seat in the British Parliament, and, finally, a perio d of radicalization in which he engaged with global networks of socialists and anti-imperialists, concluding that colonialism was inherently economica lly exploitative. At the heart of this talk are two simple but important qu estions. What made Dadabhai Naoroji a pioneering nationalist? How did he sh ape the emerging Indian nationalist movement as well as the broader global struggle against colonialism? \n\nDinyar Patel is Assistant Professor of So uth Asian History at the University of South Carolina. He received his PhD in History from Harvard University in 2015. His book, Naoroji: Pioneer of I ndian Nationalism, will be published by Harvard University Press in spring 2020. He is the co-editor, with S.R. Mehrotra, of Dadabhai Naoroji: Selecte d Private Papers (Oxford University Press, 2016) and, with Mushirul Hasan, From Ghalib’s Dilli to Lutyens’ New Delhi: A Documentary Record (Oxford Uni versity Press, 2013). During the 2019-2020 academic year, he is based in Mu mbai on Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

At the 1906 Congress in Calcutta, Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) declared that the goal of the Indian National Congress must be swaraj or self-rule. Naoroji’s endorsement of swaraj was not a sudden epiphany: it was the resul t of nearly six decades of experience and evolving thought on the reasons b ehind India’s desperate political and economic circumstances. This talk wil l trace the genesis of Naoroji's political philosophy with respect to swara j. It evaluates how Naoroji’s opinion on the subject matured during three d istinct phases of his political career: his articulation of the drain theor y, his attempts to win a seat in the British Parliament, and, finally, a pe riod of radicalization in which he engaged with global networks of socialis ts and anti-imperialists, concluding that colonialism was inherently econom ically exploitative. At the heart of this talk are two simple but important questions. What made Dadabhai Naoroji a pioneering nationalist? How did he shape the emerging Indian nationalist movement as well as the broader glob al struggle against colonialism?

Dinyar Patel is Assistant Prof essor of South Asian History at the University of South Carolina. He receiv ed his PhD in History from Harvard University in 2015. His book, Naoroji: P ioneer of Indian Nationalism, will be published by Harvard University Press in spring 2020. He is the co-editor, with S.R. Mehrotra, of Dadabhai Naoro ji: Selected Private Papers (Oxford University Press, 2016) and, with Mushi rul Hasan, From Ghalib’s Dilli to Lutyens’ New Delhi: A Documentary Record (Oxford University Press, 2013). During the 2019-2020 academic year, he is based in Mumbai on Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities fell owships.

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