“There is no doubt… Dadabhai served his country with a sacrifice and singleness of purpose which it may be rightly said, without exaggeration, was rare. A devout follower of Zoroaster, he faithfully followed the ethics of that Great Prophet - pure in thought, word and deed.”

Sir Dinshaw Wacha in Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji: "The Grand Old Man of India"
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