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प्रश्न
What is the contribution of Annie Besant to India's freedom struggle?
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उत्तर
- Annie Besant, an Irish lady and the leader of the Theosophical society started the Home Rule League on the model of the Irish Home Rule League in 1916.
- She carried forward the demand for Home Rule all over India. She started the newspapers “New India, Commonweal” to carry forward her agenda.
- A large number of students who joined the movement were trained in Home Rule classes.
- They were formed into boy scouts and volunteer troops.
- By forming trade unions with her member B. P. Wadia improved the working conditions of the workers and they made them part of the struggle for freedom.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write a note on the Tirunelveli Uprising.
______ purchased two ships for Swadeshi Indian Trade.
The extremist leaders ______ inspired many youths to join the Swadeshi movement in Madras.
The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company was launched at ______.
Revolutionary radical papers and Bharati’s poems were banned as ______.
______ failed to inspire and mobilize the people despite their patriotism.
The objective of the Bharata Matha Society was to kindle the ______ fewer among the people by killing British officials.
At ______ the collector of Tirunelveli Robert W.D’E. Ashe was shot dead.
Under the ______ Annie Besant was asked to pay hefty amount as security
Assertion (A):- When the National movement was in ebb, Annie Besant proposed the Home Rule Movement.
Reason (R):- Home Rule Demanded a nominal allegiance to the British crown.
