he felt much sympathy for the views expressed, and that it would be difficult to give a fully satisfactory answer. The practical result was that the proposals of the High Commissioner were in some important particulars rejected. Bhownaggree was one of the first Indians to press forward the need for technical and vocational education in India side by side with literary instruction. After losing his seat in the 1906 general election he retired from politics. He was a generous donor, contributing to many charities in the memory of his deceased sister. He also contributed the Bhownaggree Gallery in the Commonwealth Institute. He died aged 82 on 14 November 1933 in London and was buried in the Parsi Section of Brookwood Cemetery. Writings In early life, he wrote a history of the constitution of the East India Company, and made a Gujarati translation of Queen Victoria's Life in the Highlands. During World War I, he assisted in repelling German propaganda regarding British rule in India by means of a widely circulated booklet entitled The Verdict of India. See also British Asians in politics of the United Kingdom Dadabhai Naoroji Shapurji Saklatvala References External links Asians in British politics Profile 1851 births 1933 deaths British politicians of Indian descent Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Parsi people from Mumbai Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire University of Mumbai alumni British India emigrants to the United Kingdom British people of Parsi descent English people of Parsi descent Elphinstone College alumni Politicians from Mumbai Indian knights Burials at Brookwood Cemetery British Zoroastrians Indian Zoroastrians