Dadabhai Naoroji was an early Indian political and social leader known as the Grand Old Man of India. He was the first Asian to be elected to the British House of Commons, serving as a Member of Parliament from 1892 to 1895. Naoroji played a key role in founding the Indian National Congress along with A.O. Hume. He drew attention to the draining of wealth from India to Britain through his book "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India." Naoroji was born in Mumbai and educated there, later becoming the first Indian to hold the position of Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Elphinstone College in Bombay.