Badruddin Tyabji

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A Critical Study Of Badruddin Tyabji's Role In The Politics Of Bombay And Especially In The Field Of Local Self-Government During The Late Nineteenth Century Has Been Made By The Author. He Provides A Graphic Account Of Tyabji As A Legal Luminary And Justice Of The Bombay High Court, As A Social Reformer And Champion Of The Cause Of Women And Of His Political And Social Thought. He Further Shows How Tyabji Was A Nationalist To The Core And An Enlightened Statesman Rightly Chosen As The President Of The Madras Session Of The Indian National Congress In 1887. Tyabji Was Essentially Modern And Secular In His Outlook, Though He Was A Pious Muslim. His Concept Of The Nation Was That Of Unity In Diversity, Particularly Appropriate To The Pluralistic Character Of Indian Society. Had His Wise Counsels Prevailed In The Years That Followed, Says The Author, The Partition Of The Country Might Have Been Averted.

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