History & Civics
Answer
- As an economic thinker, Dadabhai Naoroji came to the conclusion that the root cause for the economic ills of India was the exploitation of India by the British.
- He understood that the British were exploiting the resources of India for their own benefit.
- He founded the Bombay Association and edited the newspaper Rast Goftar.
- He started a magazine 'Dharma Marg Darshak' in which he criticised the unjust policies of the British.
- He started movements against Vernacular Press Act and the atrocious treatment of poor peasants by zamindars.
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