When was Dadabhai Naoroji elected to be the first Indian in the British parliament?

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He was the first Indian to be elected a member of the British Parliament—in 1892, as a Liberal. As a member of Parliament he was instrumental in securing the appointment of a royal commission on Indian expenditure, the Welby Commission, and served on it as its sole Indian member. The younger generation of nationalist leaders, including such men as Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Mohandas K. Gandhi , regarded him as their mentor, and he was affectionately hailed as the Grand Old Man of India.