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- In 1867, Annie married Frank Besant, a clergyman, and they had two children. But Annie's increasingly anti-religious views led to a legal separation in 1873. Besant became a member of the National Secular Society, which preached 'free thought', and also of the Fabian Society, the noted socialist organisation.
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Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist and campaigner for Indian nationalism.
As a member and later leader of the Theosophical Society, Besant helped to spread Theosophical beliefs around the world, notably in India. Besant first visited India in 1893 and later settled...
Annie Besant later moved to India where she was active in the Theosophy movement and founded a school for boys in Varanasi – The Central Hindu College. By 1909, Besant had become president of the Theosophical society.
The government relented and Annie Besant was freed in September 1917. In December, she assumed the presidentship of the Indian National Congress for a year. Post World War I, Congress found a new leader in Mohandas K. Gandhi – who had supported the demand for Besant’s release. Annie Besant and Gandhi began to clash.
Jul 6, 2023 · Annie Besant was imprisoned three times for her activism and advocacy for Indian rights. Annie Besant spent a total of 15 months in prison for her activism and advocacy for Indian rights (Chakravarty, 2012).
3 days ago · Annie Besant was a British social reformer, sometime Fabian socialist, theosophist, and Indian independence leader. Besant had been the wife of an Anglican clergyman. They separated in 1873, and Besant became associated for many years with the atheist and social reformer Charles Bradlaugh.
When Annie was five, her father, a sometime scholar and dilettante, died from an infection caught while attending the autopsy of a tuberculosis victim. Within a few months, Annie's younger brother Alfred also contracted a fatal illness and soon followed his father to the grave.
