- Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement.
- The founder of the Theosophical Society.
- Once the President of the Indian National Congress.
Select the correct statement/statements using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
24. Answer: (c) Statement 1 is correct:
The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but more effective way than the response of Indians living abroad which took the form of the romantic Ghadr adventure. Two Home Rule Leagues were launched—one by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the other by Annie Besant, both with the aim of beginning a new trend of aggressive politics. She set up her All-India Home Rule League in September 1916 in Madras and covered the rest of India (including Bombay city).
Statement 2 is not correct: A group of westerners led by Madame H.P. Blavatsky (1831- 1891) and Colonel M.S. Olcott, who was inspired by Indian thought and culture, founded the Theosophical Society in the United States in 1875. In India, the movement became popular with the election of Annie Besant (1847-1933) as its president after the death of Olcott in 1907.
Statement 3 is correct: In the 1917 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, Annie Besant (the first women) became the President of Indian National Congress.
