Shapurji Saklatvala

Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala
Saklatvala in 1922
Member of Parliament
for Battersea North
In office
1924–1929
Preceded byHenry Hogbin
Succeeded byWilliam Sanders
Majority542 (1.8%)
In office
1922–1923
Preceded byRichard Morris
Succeeded byHenry Hogbin
Majority2,021 (9.5%)
Personal details
Born28 March 1874
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
(now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died16 January 1936 (aged 61)
London, England
Political partyCommunist (1921–1936)
Other political
affiliations
Independent Labour (1909–1921)
Labour (1922–1923)
Alma materSt. Xavier's College
ProfessionLawyer

Shapurji Dorabji Saklatvala (28 March 1874 – 16 January 1936) was a communist militant and British politician of Indian Parsi heritage. He was the first person of Indian heritage to become a British Member of Parliament (MP) for the UK Labour Party and was also among the few members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to serve as an MP.