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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
Nilakanta Brahmachari started the secret society named ______.
The starting of trade unions in Madras was pioneered by ______.
Answer the questions given under the caption.
Revolutionary Movement in Tamil Nadu
- List a few revolutionaries in Tamil Nadu.
- Why did Subramania Bharati moved to Pondicherry?
- Name a few of the revolutionary literature?
- What did Vanchinathan do?
Revolutionaries in Tamil Nadu were trained in revolutionary activities at ______.
The revolutionary activities were intensified with the arrival of ______ and ______ in 1910.
______ of senkottai was influenced by the Bharata Matha society.
At ______ the collector of Tirunelveli Robert W.D’E. Ashe was shot dead.
______ was elected as the president of the congress session of 1917.
Choose the correct statement:
- In 1908 V. O. C. led a strike in the European-owned Coral Mills.
- V. O. C. was given a draconian sentence of two life imprisonments.
- Students and youths did not participate in the Swadeshi Movement.
- Extremists and revolutionaries were not suppressed by the British with an iron hand.
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.
