{"id":4717,"date":"2015-09-03T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=4717"},"modified":"2015-09-08T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:22:57","slug":"portfolio-page-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/?page_id=4717","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kish&#8217; Naoroji Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4717\" data-postid=\"4717\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4717 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_0 clearfix gutter-default builder-parallax-scrolling fullheight\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.64)\" data-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.64)\" data-hover-color=\"rgba(0,0,0, 0.65)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-0-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-0-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;Kish&#8217; Naoroji<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_1 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-1-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-1-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;We only understood afterwards that there was a confidential circular about not taking Indians in the combatant ranks.&#8221;<\/strong><\/h4><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">An extract from Kish&#8217;s autobiography<\/h6>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_2 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_2-0-1\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-sub_row_2-0-1-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-sub_row_2-0-1-0-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p>Karesat Ardeshir Dadebhai Naoroji, otherwise known as \u2018Kish\u2019, was born in Cutch, India in 1893. His grandfather was Sir Dababhoy Naoroji, the first Indian M.P. in Britain and founder of the Indian National Congress. Kish\u2019s privileged background allowed him to study at the best schools in India, and on to Cambridge in 1912.<\/p><p>When the war broke out Kish was 21. He enlisted into the Universities and Public Schools Brigade, expecting to become an officer.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col4-2 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4717-sub_row_2-0-1-1-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4717-sub_row_2-0-1-1-0 rounded image-center  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_p08_01-595x1024-200x350.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" alt=\"Kish Naoroji, 1920\nCourtesy of Tata Archives\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-caption\">\n\t\t\t      Kish Naoroji, 1920\nCourtesy of Tata Archives\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/image-caption -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-content -->\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-2-0-2\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-2-0-2   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA tough Cockney Sergeant asked what my religion was. When I said Parsi, he asked me what the hell that was and said there was no such blinking religion. When I insisted, he produced a Bible and asked me if I was prepared to swear on that book. I replied that I would swear on any book he liked. He promptly put me down as Roman Catholic.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">-An extract from Kish&#8217;s autobiography<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_3 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\"  ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-3-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-3-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Trenches<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-3-0-2\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-3-0-2   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cOur first camp was in horseboxes at Kempton Park Race Course, where the proportion was one horse to twenty-two men as half a platoon occupied each stable. Even while we were there, there was a race meeting and we had to vacate the stables and go into small tents.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cThere was at least a foot or two of water in the trenches and we had to stand in them for seventy-two hours at a stretch.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>Kish received a gunshot wound to his wrist on 2 July 1916. Two days later he was re-posted, just in time for the Battle of the Somme.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cWe were the first troops to reach the German front lines; in other words, the whole of the regiment in front had been wiped out and I had eight men left out of the forty-eight.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_4 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(138,11,11, -0.01)\" data-color=\"rgba(138,11,11, -0.01)\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-full first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-4-0-1\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-4-0-1   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<h3><em>Promotion<br \/><\/em><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n<div class=\"themify_builder_sub_row\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearfix gutter-default sub_row_4-0-2\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col3-2 first\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module text -->\n<div id=\"text-4717-sub_row_4-0-2-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-4717-sub_row_4-0-2-0-0   \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kish progressed in rank from Lance Corporal to Sergeant. He later described the toughness of the soldiers under his command:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u201cWhen I was a Lance-Corporal, in my little section of nine men, I had at least three men who had \u2018done time\u2019 for burglary, theft, rioting etc. But they were wonderful fellows. I had misplaced my mess tin which I had used for about eight or nine months. I immediately thought of my old squad and asked them if they had seen any missing mess tin. They said they hadn&#8217;t, but knew where it was . . . in less than ten minutes they were back with four brand new mess tins. They picked the best one out and said it was mine!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">He was then wounded again and deemed \u2018unfit for service\u2019 afterwards for the duration of the war, travelling back to Britain and becoming one of the pioneer Indian officers of the Indian Army, much like his friend A.A. Rudra.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">In his later life, Kish had an illustrious career at Tata Industries, internationally representing the Indian multi-conglomerate business.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col3-1 last\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module image -->\n<div id=\"image-4717-sub_row_4-0-2-1-0\" class=\"module module-image image-4717-sub_row_4-0-2-1-0 rounded image-top  \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_p08_05-736x1024-200x400.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"400\" alt=\"JRD Tata [head of Indian company Tata] with Kish\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-caption\">\n\t\t\tJRD Tata [head of Indian company Tata] with Kish\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- \/image-caption -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-content -->\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t\t<div data-gutter=\"gutter-default\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row module_row_5 clearfix gutter-default\" >\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"builder_row_cover\" style=\"background-color: rgba(138,12,12, 1)\" data-color=\"rgba(138,12,12, 1)\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col4-1 first tb-column \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- module gallery -->\n<div id=\"gallery-4717-5-0-1\" class=\"module module-gallery gallery-4717-5-0-1 gallery gallery-columns-1 layout-lightboxed bordered  wow fadeIn\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_p08_11.jpg\" title=\"2015_esch_ww1m_p08_11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gallery-Logo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Kish with his pet Python in the 1950's\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_p08_09.jpg\" title=\"2015_esch_ww1m_p08_09\">3000<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tKish at Tata in the 1950s\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_p08_08.jpg\" title=\"2015_esch_ww1m_p08_08\">2219<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tKish at Tata in the 1950s \t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soldiers.hidden-histories.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015_esch_ww1m_p08_06.jpg\" title=\"2015_esch_ww1m_p08_06\">3000<\/a><\/dt>\t\t\t<dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\n\t\t\t\tKish at Tata in office \u2013 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14pt;\">Connect with us on social media<br \/><\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module feature -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/row_inner_wrapper -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Kish&#8217; Naoroji\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;We only understood afterwards that there was a confidential circular about not taking Indians in the combatant ranks.&#8221;An extract from Kish&#8217;s autobiography Karesat Ardeshir Dadebhai Naoroji, otherwise known as \u2018Kish\u2019, was born in Cutch, India in 1893. 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