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History Of Annie Besant Home Rule Movement

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Annie Besant and Home Rule Movement in Tamilnadu R.Pricila, Ph.D Research Scholar, St. Joseph’s College, Trichirappalli, Tamilnadu. Introduction Mrs. Besant’s Home Rule Movement was born out of the conviction and she was the first person, before the advent of Gandhi, to make political issues alive among the masses. She transformed Indian politics, which was confined to a few middle-aged city bred aristocrats who did not believe in the numerical strength of the part, into a movement involving “the village, the taluk, the district, the country and the world”. Realising that education was pre-requisite for the Indian political movement to be effective she worked for the right type of education that suited to the Indian ethos. Above all she counted herself an Indian and confidently led the Indians who believed in her …show more content…

Besant commented that for achieving Home Rule, people should agitate within India and she also recommended for sending representatives to England for demanding self government to India. The Congress session held in Calcutta in 1917, made Mrs. Besant its president. It was considered as a great triumph for the Home Rule Movement and its ardent supporters as well as followers. The following notice had been issued from the Home Rule League office: “It is proposed by Mrs. Besant that a more vigorous campaign must be throughout the country as many members as possible. To do this, fluent speakers in Tamil are required. Those who like to take part in this will please meet me at 4.00 p. m on Wednesday and give their number and

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