Thursday’s Google Doodle on google.in honors what would have been Annie Besant’s 168th birthday.
Who is Annie Besant
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule.
Annie Besant was elected to the London School Board for Tower Hamlets, topping the poll even though few women were qualified to vote at that time.Annie Besant became involved with union actions including the Bloody Sunday demonstration and the London matchgirls strike of 1888. Annie Besant was a leading speaker for the Fabian Society and the Marxist Social Democratic Federation (SDF).
For a time Annie Besant undertook part-time study at the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, where her religious and political activities caused alarm. At one point the Institution's governors sought to withhold the publication of Annie Besant exam results.
Organisations Founded By Annie Besant:
1.Home Rule Movement
2.Central Home School
3.Vasanta College for Women
4.Central Hindu Girls School
5.National High School
Theosophy Of Annie Besant:
Annie Besant was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.In 1889, Annie Besant was asked to write a review for the Pall Mall Gazetteon The Secret Doctrine, a book by H. P. Blavatsky. After reading it, Annie Besamnt sought an interview with its author, meeting Blavatsky in Paris. In this way Annie Besant was converted to Theosophy. Annie Besant's intellectual journey had always involved a spiritual dimension, a quest for transformation of the whole person. Annie Besant interest in theosophy deepened, Annie Besant allowed her membership of the Fabian Society to lapse and broke her links with the Marxists.
Annie Besant was then chosen to lead the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, India’s most storied political party, in 1917.
Before passing away in 1933, Annie Besant made sure that her epitaph read “Annie Besant tried to follow Truth,” to reflect her many advocacy efforts.
Who is Annie Besant
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule.
Annie Besant was elected to the London School Board for Tower Hamlets, topping the poll even though few women were qualified to vote at that time.Annie Besant became involved with union actions including the Bloody Sunday demonstration and the London matchgirls strike of 1888. Annie Besant was a leading speaker for the Fabian Society and the Marxist Social Democratic Federation (SDF).
For a time Annie Besant undertook part-time study at the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, where her religious and political activities caused alarm. At one point the Institution's governors sought to withhold the publication of Annie Besant exam results.
Organisations Founded By Annie Besant:
1.Home Rule Movement
2.Central Home School
3.Vasanta College for Women
4.Central Hindu Girls School
5.National High School
Theosophy Of Annie Besant:
Annie Besant was a prolific writer and a powerful orator.In 1889, Annie Besant was asked to write a review for the Pall Mall Gazetteon The Secret Doctrine, a book by H. P. Blavatsky. After reading it, Annie Besamnt sought an interview with its author, meeting Blavatsky in Paris. In this way Annie Besant was converted to Theosophy. Annie Besant's intellectual journey had always involved a spiritual dimension, a quest for transformation of the whole person. Annie Besant interest in theosophy deepened, Annie Besant allowed her membership of the Fabian Society to lapse and broke her links with the Marxists.
Annie Besant was then chosen to lead the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress, India’s most storied political party, in 1917.
Before passing away in 1933, Annie Besant made sure that her epitaph read “Annie Besant tried to follow Truth,” to reflect her many advocacy efforts.
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