Annie Besant Indian Freedom Fighter Social Activist

Annie Besant Indian Freedom Fighter Social Activist

ANNIE BEASANT (1847- 1933):
            An Irish English woman, who came to India in 1839 to work for the Theosophical Society and established her home in Varnasi, where she founded the Central Hindu College in 1898.  In 1907, she was elected President of the Theosophical Society.  She ardently worked for India’s independence.  In 1914, she began the publication of the Commonweal and New India, which became the chief organs for the tempestuous propaganda for India’s freedom.  In 1915 she founded the Home Rule League to launch the Home Rule Movement and was made President of the Calcutta session of the Congress in 1917.  The same year, she established the Indian Boy Scouts Association and also the Indian Women’s Association.  She founded a number of schools and colleges.  The National University at Adyar was founded by her in 1918.