Dadabhai threw himself heart and soul into country's great cause. In this context describe:

(a) His role as India's Unofficial Ambassador in England

(b) His role in the Congress and his efforts to spread nationalist ideas

(c) His views about the nature of British Imperialism

(d) His views on Exploitation and Poverty in India (His famous 'Drain Theory')

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji is known as India's Unofficial Ambassador in England for the following reasons-

1. In 1866, Dadabhai founded the East India Association in London.
2. Its object was to inform the British of the true state of affairs in India.
3. During his long stay in England, he made friendship with eminent Englishmen like Gladstone, Bradlaugh and Bright.
4. He was the first Indian to have won a seat in 1892 in the British House of Commons.
5. As Member of British Parliament he rendered admirable service to the cause of India and the people of Indian origin in South Africa.
6. It was due to the efforts of Dadabhai and Bradlaugh that the British House of Commons passed a resolution recommending that the ICS examination be held simultaneously both in England and in India.

(b) Dadabhai's role in the Congress was significant.

1. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress.
2. Thrice he presided over the Sessions of the Congress in 1886, 1893 and 1906.
3. His Presidentship of the Congress in 1906 was memorable in many ways.
4. The partition of Bengal in 1905 had very sadly disillusioned the early nationalists.
5. Their power and prestige were on the decline.
6. They, therefore, persuaded Dadabhai to preside over the Kolkata Session of the Congress in 1906.
7. Dadabhai's name and fame made it difficult for the assertive nationalists to oppose his candidature, although they would have liked Tilak to hold that office.
8. The Congress Session of 1906 passed resolutions on Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education.
9. He laid stress on the attainment of Swaraj.
10. He said as in the United Kingdom "all taxation, legislation and all powers of spending the taxes were in the hands of representatives of the people, so should it be in India. We do not ask for any favours. We want Justice."

(c) Dadabhai's views about the nature of British Imperialism are summarised below:

1. Dadabhai was a great thinker and writer. His views on Indian economy and exploitation of India could be gathered from his classic work 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'.
2. Through his famous 'Drain Theory' he explained how India's wealth was being taken away to England in these forms:
   
   1. Salaries payable to the members of the India Council
   2. Dispatch of savings to England by British personnel posted in India
   3. Pensions to British Officers
   4. Payments to the War Office for the maintenance of British troops in India
   5. Profits of the British Trading Agencies
3. Dadabhai also edited 'Rast Goftar' (Speaker of Truth).
4. He also started a magazine 'Dharma Marg Darshak'.
5. The Hindu, an English daily, stated that "as an authority on Indian economics there is none equal to Dadabhai in all India."

(d) Dadabhai Naoroji's views on Indian economy and exploitation of India could be gathered from his classic work 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'. Through his famous 'Drain Theory' he explained how India's wealth was being taken away to England in these forms:

1. Salaries payable to the members of the India Council
2. Dispatch of savings to England by British personnel posted in India
3. Pensions to British Officers
4. Payments to the War Office for the maintenance of British troops in India
5. Profits of the British Trading Agencies