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Blue Plaque Honour
August 20 , 2022
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- London home of Dadabhai Nauroji will get a ‘Blue Plaque’.
- It is an honour that is reserved for notable personalities who have lived and worked in London.
- Nauroji was the first Asian who was elected as a Member of Parliament in Britain in 1892.
- The Blue Plaque scheme is run by the English Heritage charity.
- It honours the historic significance of particular buildings across London.
- Nauroji often referred to as the “grand old man of India”.
- Nauroji made seven trips to England and spent over three decades of his long life in London.
- The Blue Plaque was erected at the homes of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Jawaharlal Nehru, and BR Ambedkar among others.
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