Khursheed Framji Nariman (also known as Veer Nariman) was one of the second generation of Parsi stalwarts in the Indian National Congress. He came into the public eye in 1928 as an independent and courageous politician for his sensational process against the British engineer involved in the Backbay Reclamation scandal. He was cited for libel, but exposed the scandalous financial arrangements in this scheme. This article is about (members of) the Parsi Zoroastrian community in and from India. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party or Congress (I), abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Nariman was later elected president of the Bombay Provincial Congress Committee and then mayor of Bombay.

In 1930 he was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and organised the civil disobedience movement in Bombay. However, following the elections of 1937 in the Bombay Presidency, he was passed over in the selection of the chief minister in favour of B. G. Kher. He complained of a communalist bias to the party high command, but no investigation was taken up by Jawaharlal Nehru. Gandhi responded to a separate appeal, but could find no proof for Nariman's complaints. 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Devanagari/Hindi: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी; Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી; October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was the spiritual and political leader of India who led the struggle for Indian independence from the British Empire, empowered by tens of millions of Indians. ... Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू, Javāharlāl Nehrū) (November 14, 1889 – May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Scholar, Teacher) Nehru, was an important leader of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress, and became the first Prime Minister of India when India won its independence on August 15, 1947. ...

He was expelled from the Congress party due to his vociferous but unsubstantiated charges. His attempts to reestablish himself in the freedom movement through the Forward Block (founded in 1939 by Subhash Chandra Bose) failed. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Subhash Chandra Bose (Bangla: সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু) (January 23, 1897–August 18, 1945?note) also known as Netaji, was one of the two most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement against the British Raj (the other was Mahatma Gandhi). ...

Bombay's Nariman Point is named after him. Mumbai (Hindi / Marathi: मुंबई) (pronounced in Marathi, and in English), formerly known as Bombay is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with a estimated population of about 18 million (2005). ... The tallest buildings are the location of Nariman Point. ...

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Biography

Khurshed Nariman, by Shankerprasad S. Nanavaty, Bombay Chronicle Press (1959)