Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (1844-1936) was a Parsi Indian politician from Bombay. He was one of the founders of the
Indian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian...
, and its President in 1901.
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Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (1844-1936) was a Parsi Indian politician from Bombay. He was one of the founders of the
Indian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian...
, and its President in 1901.
He was President of the
Indian Merchants' ChamberIndian Merchants’ Chamber, established on 7 September 1907, is an organization of India, representing interests of Indian trade, commerce, and industry...
in 1915. He was knighted in 1917.
Works
- Premchand Roychand
Premchand Roychand was a 19th century Indian buisnessmam known as the "Cotton King" and "Bullion King".Born in 1831 he was the son of Roychand Dipchand, a merchant from Surat. The Roychand family moved to Bombay when Premchand was a young boy. Recorded as the first Indian broker to speak, read and...
: His early life and career (Bombay, 1913)
- The life and life work of J. N. Tata (Madras, 1914)
- Speeches and writings of Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (1920)
- Shells from the sand of Bombay, being my recollections and reminiscences, 1860-1875 (Bombay, 1920)
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