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Dadabhai Naoroji

 
 
Dadabhai Naoroji Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 12, 2018
1. Dadabhai Naoroji Marker
Inscription.
Historic Site
The First
Asian Elected
To The House Of
Commons Was
Dadabhai Naoroji
He Represented
Central Finsbury
For The Liberal
Party From
1892-1895

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.
 
Location. 51° 31.621′ N, 0° 6.487′ W. Marker is in Islington, England, in Greater London. It is at the intersection of Rosebery Avenue and Rosoman Street, on the left when traveling south on Rosebery Avenue. Located on Old Finsbury Town Hall, in Finsbury, Clerkenwell. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Islington, England EC1R 4RP, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Finsbury War Memorial (about 150 meters away, measured
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in a direct line); Arandora Star Memorial (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); St Peter’s Italian Church - 1863 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Sir Hiram Maxim (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Charlotte Mew (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Charles Dickens (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); R.H. Tawney (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (approx. 0.7 kilometers away).
 
Also see . . .
1. Dadabhai Naoroji on Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. The Old Finsbury Town Hall. (Submitted on June 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Dadabhai Naoroji Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, May 12, 2018
2. Dadabhai Naoroji Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 14, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Jul. 12, 2026