He began his career as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. He was President of the Indian National Congress three times and was the first Indian to become a Member of the British House of Commons. Whom do these sentences refer to?

Correct answer: (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation

The person described is Dadabhai Naoroji, the "Grand Old Man of India". He taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Elphinstone College, Bombay, was President of the Congress three times (1886, 1893 and 1906) and in 1892 became the first Indian member of the British House of Commons, for Finsbury Central. His book *Poverty and Un-British Rule in India* put forward the drain of wealth theory.