Besant, Annie

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(1847-1933), British social reformer, one-time Fabian Socialist, and a prominent Theosophist, who spent much of her life in India. She was the president of the Theosophical Society from 1907 until her death. In 1916 she founded the Indian Home Rule League, and in 1917 presided over the Congress session at Calcutta. She was also interested in national education, and was the founder of the Central Hindu College at Banaras. Dr. Besant was a great orator and organiser, a voluminous writer, and a lover of freedom.

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