Biography of mrs annie besant tamilnadu
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Annie Besant
English writer and activist (–)
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| Born | Annie Wood ()1 October Clapham, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 20 September () (aged&#;85) Adyar, Chinglepet District, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Known&#;for | Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator |
| Political party | Indian National Congress Social Democratic Federation |
| Movement | Indian independence movement |
| Spouse | Frank Besant &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Children | Arthur, Mabel, Jiddu Krishnamurti (adopted) |
Annie Besant (néeWood; 1 October – 20 September ) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism.[1][2] She was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.[1] She became the first female president of
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Annie Besant: Theosophist who inspired Indian nationalism
Chennai: If Chennai still has a flourishing address in Besant Nagar, for all the renaming of is places and roads after Justice Party stalwarts, it is history's unmatched and singular tribute to this one extraordinary woman of part-British and part-Irish descent, Annie Besant, who cradled a whole generation of new Indian nationalists in early s'.
And this year, as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence, it will be special for another reason too. It brings home memories of the confluence of another centenary of the first Woman President the Indian National Congress saw in Mrs Annie Besant in
The political ascension of this iconic woman leader - those were not the days when foreign origins of the Congress President was an issue - began sometime in August when she was at the peak of her popularity as leading the 'Home Rule League' movement alongside the fiery patriot Bala Gangadhar Tilak. H
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Annie Wood Besant
The British social reformer and theosophist Annie Wood Besant () made important contributions to a number of reformist and religious causes. She was a leader among Europeans in reviving and disseminating Hindu religion and culture.
Annie Wood was born in London on Oct. 1, , to a well-connected but declining family, mostly of Irish nedstigning. Her 7-year marriage to Frank Besant, an Anglican vicar, bygd whom she had two children, ended in separation in , when she declared herself an unbeliever. The next year Besant joined Charles Bradlaugh in his Secularist movement, preaching man's freedom from God and the devil and a future existence of beauty, wisdom, and love for a regenerated mankind. She became a vice president of Bradlaugh's Secular Society and wrote and edited much atheist journalism. With Bradlaugh, she was prosecuted for spreading birth-control information, and in consequence she lost the custody of her daughter and suffered much social persecution.
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