The answer is Dadabhai Naoroji. On 6th July 1892, Dadabhai Naoroji (candidate for the Liberal Party) won a hard-fought election to become the first non-white to be elected to the British Parliament. He also became the first Asian member of the House of Commons. One of the most prominent of Naoroji‚¬„¢s supporters was the famous Florence Nightingale. Important Points Dadabhai Naoroji:Title: ‚¬ËœGrand Old Man of India‚¬„¢1867, he propounded Economic Drain Theory where he pointed out that a quarter of India‚¬„¢s economic revenues were being seized by Britain. In London, he established the London Indian Society and then the East Indian Association (1866) which spoke out for the rights of Indians in the British Empire. In 1885, he was one of the founder members of the Indian National Congress. Became the president of the Indian National Congress Sessions three times:1886, Calcutta1893, Lahore1906, Calcutta: declared that the goal of the Congress was to attain swaraj. Newspaper/Journal/Book under Dadabhai Naoroji:Voice of India newspaperThe message of reform among the Parsi community was spread by the newspaper Rast Goftar (Truth-Teller). Poverty and un-British Rule in IndiaAdditional InformationGopal Krishna Gokhale:In 1899, Gokhale joined the Indian National Congress, emerging as one of the main leaders of its ‚¬Ëœmoderate‚¬„¢ wing. Between 1899 and 1902, he was a member of the Bombay Legislative Council followed by a stint at the Imperial Legislative Council from 1902 till his death. Gokhale played a key role in framing the Morley-Minto reforms of 1909 and advocated for the expansion of legislative councils at both the Centre and the provinces. Gokhale became Congress president at its Banaras session in 1905. Gandhi regarded Gokhale as his political mentor and wrote a book in Gujarati dedicated to the leader titled ‚¬ËœDharmatma Gokhale‚¬„¢. C Rajagopalachari:Rajaji‚¬„¢s personal interaction with Gandhi in 1919 led him to give up his legal profession to be fully involved in the nation‚¬„¢s independence struggle. The relationship between them only grew stronger and Mahatma called Rajaji the ‚¬Ëœkeeper of my conscience‚¬„¢. C. Rajagopalachari led a salt march from Trichinopoly to Vedaranniyam on the Tanjore coast in Tamil Nadu, in support of the Civil Disobedience Movement. C. Rajagopalachari prepared a formula for Congress-League cooperation in 1944. Gandhi supported the formula. He was the 1st Indian Governor-General of India. In 1954 he was conferred with the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to Indian politics and literature. Conflicts grew between Rajaji and Nehru, this led to Rajaji forming the Swatantra Party. Acharya J B Kriplani:Kripalani was well-known as a Gandhian and a socialist. He became the Congress president in 1946. In 1972-73, he and other socialist leaders led movements across the country urging people to lead nonviolent protests against Indira‚¬„¢s government. In his autobiography My Times, he criticized the entire Congress leadership, except Mahatma Gandhi, for Partition.