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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Homi Daji
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| office3 = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency3 = [[Indore City East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indore City East]]
| predecessor3 =
| successor3= Gangaram Tiwari
| term_start3 = [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| term_end3 = [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|constituency4 = [[Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indore-2]]
| predecessor4 = G. Tiwari
| successor4= [[Yagya Datt Sharma (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Yagya Datt Sharma]]
| term_start4 = [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| term_end4 = [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|office6= [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency6 = [[Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| predecessor6 = Kanhaiyalal Khadiwala
| successor6= [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
|term_start6 = 1962
|term_end6 = 1967
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| parents = Framroze Daji (father)
| Mother's name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|09|29|df=y}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|05|14|1926|09|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_place = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|Perin Daji|1950}}
| children = 1 Daughter & 1 Son
| occupation = Politician, Advocate
| alma_mater = [[Holkar Science College]], Indore
| website =
| date = 28 June |
| year = 2018 |
| source =
{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1457.htm|title=Biodata |publisher= Lok Sabha}}
}}
'''Homi F. Daji''' (5 September 1926 – 14 May 2009) was a member of the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Indore constituency]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and was a member of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name=ls>Lok Sabha. ''[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1457.htm Members Bioprofile]''</ref><ref name=rd>''Revolutionary Democracy''. ''[http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv19n1/daji.htm Biographical Tribute to Comrade Homi Daji]'' {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422232721/http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv19n1/daji.htm |date=22 April 2016 }}</ref><ref name=ik>[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/724307/ "The Speaker Made References To The Passing Away Of Shri Girdhari Lal ... on 4 June, 2009"]</ref>

==Personal life==
Daji hailed from the [[Parsi]] community.<ref name="Engineer2006">{{cite book|author=Asghar Ali Engineer|title=They Too Fought for India's Freedom: The Role of Minorities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XQCYl6T1vIC&pg=PA192|year=2006|publisher=Hope India Publications|isbn=978-81-7871-091-4|page=192}}</ref><ref name="Jones1974"/> Born in Bombay, he was the son of Framroze Daji.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=109}}</ref> He grew up in poverty.<ref name=rd/> Nevertheless, he managed to study at [[Holkar Science College|Holkar College]] in Indore and at [[Agra University]], and obtained M.A. and LLB degrees.<ref name=ls/> He married Perin Daji on 21 May 1950.<ref name=ls/><ref name=rd/><ref name="Sabha2003"/> The couple had one son and one daughter, both of whom died at an early age.<ref name=rd/><ref name="Sabha2003"/>

Daji served as a member of the senate of [[Vikram University]].<ref name=ls/>

==State legislator==
Daji contested the [[Indore B (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indore B seat]] in the [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election]]. He finished in second place with 2,185 votes
(10.89%) and was thus unsuccessful.<ref name="Jones1974">{{cite book|author=Rodney W. Jones|title=Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System|url=https://archive.org/details/urbanpoliticsini0000jone|url-access=registration|year=1974|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-02545-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/urbanpoliticsini0000jone/page/92 92], 2 387}}</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA BHARAT]''</ref> The constituency covered parts of southern Indore, where the 26-year old CPI candidate won more votes from areas such as Gadi Ada (with large [[Dalit]] and other lower caste electorates) and Muslim [[Mahallah|mahallas]].<ref name="Jones1974"/> The relatively unknown Daji obtained more votes than the prominent [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|Hindu Mahasabha]] leader G.V. Oke.<ref name="Jones1974"/>

Daji was elected to the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Indore City East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indore City East constituency]] in the [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=mp1957>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_MP_1957.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref> He obtained 16,702 votes (60.50%).<ref name=mp1957/> The constituency was seen as the 'labour seat' of the city.<ref name="Rosenthal1976">{{cite book|author=Donald B. Rosenthal|title=The City in Indian politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q94SAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Thomson Press (India)|pages=80, 84, 90|isbn=9780883868591}}</ref> Daji, leading the Mazdoor Union, defeated the Indore Mill Mazdoor Sangh general secretary Gangaram Tiwari.<ref name="Rosenthal1976"/>

==Parliamentarian==
He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) from the [[Indore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Indore constituency]] in the [[1962 Indian general election]].<ref name=e1962>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1962 TO THE THIRD LOK SABHA]''</ref> Whilst Daji was known as a communist leader, he contested on an independent ticket.<ref name="WeinerKothari1965">{{cite book|author1=Myron Weiner|author2=Rajni Kothari|title=Indian voting behaviour: studies of the 1962 general elections|url=https://archive.org/details/indianvotingbeha0000wein|url-access=registration|year=1965|publisher=Firma K.L. Mukhopadhayay|page=[https://archive.org/details/indianvotingbeha0000wein/page/68 68]}}</ref> Daji obtained 95,682 votes (41.68%).<ref name=e1962/> In the [[3rd Lok Sabha]], Daji was a member of the committees on Public Undertakings and Subordinate Legislation.<ref name=ik/> In 1967 he was named a member of the National Commission on Labour, the Study Group on Industrial Relations (Western Region).<ref name="Kumar1975">{{cite book|author=Virendra Kumar|title=Committees and Commissions in India, 1947–73: 1971–73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SowaqZ0UlXMC&pg=PA63|year=1975|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-197-5|page=63}}</ref>

Daji lost the Indore seat to the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate P.C. Sethi in the [[1967 Indian general election]]. Daji finished in second place with 100,350 votes (32.54%).<ref name=e1967>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1967 TO THE FOURTH LOK SABHA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> But whilst Sethi won in the rural areas of the constituency, Daji's vote share in the urban areas was 4.4 percent points higher than that of Sethi.<ref name="Jones1974"/> Daji tried to regain the Indore seat in the [[1971 Indian general election]]. Daji finished in third place after the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]] candidates. Daji obtained 64,430 votes (21.22%).<ref name=e1971>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1971 TO THE FIFTH LOK SABHA]''</ref>

==Return to the Legislative Assembly==
Daji re-entered the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972 election]], being elected from the [[Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indore-2 constituency]].<ref name=mp1972>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisReport_MP_72.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref> He obtained 39,154 votes (79.54%), defeating the candidates of the BJS, the Hindu Mahasabha, and a number of independents.<ref name=mp1972/> Daji did not stand for re-election in the [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977 Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=mp1977>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref>

==Later elections==
As of 1977 Daji was the Madhya Pradesh secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name="Roy1977">{{cite book|author=Ajit Roy|title=The Marxist Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W6oKAAAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Ajit Roy|page=23}}</ref>

Daji finished in third place in the Indore Lok Sabha constituency in the [[1977 Indian general election]], obtaining 29,725 votes (8.45%).<ref name=e1977>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref>

In the [[1980 Indian general election]] he contested the [[Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency]], finishing in third place with 24,370 votes (6.31%).<ref name=e1980>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1980 TO THE SEVENTH LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> In the same year he finished in second place in the Indore II constituency in the [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], obtaining 15,247 votes (29.64%).<ref name=mp1980>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Madhya%20Pradesh.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref>

==Bhopal disaster==
Daji referred to the 1984 [[Bhopal gas leak]] as "a callous man-made tragedy of unparalleled dimensions".<ref>{{cite journal |volume=27 |issue=4 |title=Gas poisoning |journal=United India Periodicals |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vWdDAAAAYAAJ&q=callous+man |date=May 1985|publisher=United India Periodicals|page=26}}</ref>

==In CPI leadership==
As of 1987, Daji was part of the 9-member Central Executive Committee of CPI.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yearbook on International Communist Affairs|series=[[Yearbook on International Communist Affairs]] series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gq7mAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University.|isbn=978-0-8179-8651-3|page=192}}</ref> As of 1989 Daji was a member of a number of leadership bodies of CPI; Trade Union Department, the committee for the People's Publishing House and the Lawyers' Committee in Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite book|title=Party Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtcsAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Communist Party of India.|page=7}}</ref>

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[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1972–1977]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politicians from Indore]]
[[Category:Trade unionists from Madhya Pradesh]]

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