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9 unusual facts about Annie Besant


Bandra–Worli Sea Link

From Worli Seaface, it connects to Mumbai's arterial Annie Besant Road.

Besant v. Narayaniah

The Besant v. Narayaniah Case is a suite filed by Jiddu Narayaniah, father of J. Krishnamurti in 1912 against theosophist Annie Besant for the custody of his son.

Ekai Kawaguchi

He was a friend of Mrs. Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society, who encouraged him to publish the English text of his book, Three Years in Tibet.

Indraprastha College for Women

Origins of IP College lie in the Indraprastha Girls School, which was founded in 1904, at the call of noted freedom fighter, educationist and theosophist Annie Besant by a group of Delhi theosophists, led by Lala Jugal Kishore, in Chhipiwara, Old Delhi.

P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

The lives and writings of Annie Besant and Satyamurthy had great influence on his mind and character in his formative years.

Saharsa

The district of Saharsa played an important part in the Annie Besant in 1917 and Satyagraha Movement of Mahatma Gandhi in 1921 received widespread support in the district.

Sheffield Socialist Society

The Society began organising stalls on Fargate, with speakers extolling the virtues of socialism, and organised meetings with a wide range of speakers, including Hyndman, Morris, Annie Besant and Peter Kropotkin.

Slievenamon

The mountain is mentioned in the books The Hidden Side of Things (1913) and The Lives of Alcyone (1924, with Annie Besant) written by the theosophist clairvoyant Charles Webster Leadbeater.

Walter Evans-Wentz

He also visited Theosophical Society Adyar, where he met Annie Besant and came close of Swami Satyananda and Swami Shyamananda.


Charles Albert Watts

He edited the regular journal for over 60 years until his death, writing editorial content himself and drawing on contributors from a wide range of disciplines, including Annie Besant, Walt Whitman, and H. G. Wells.

Indian Home Rule Movement

Between 1916 and 1918, when the war was closing, prominent Indians like Joseph Baptista, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. S. Khaparde, Sir S. Subramania Iyer and the leader of the Theosophical Society, Annie Besant decided to organize a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand Home Rule, or self-government within the British Empire for all of India.

Rishi Valley School

Rishi Valley was born with the idea of starting a world university, conceptualised by Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society, in 1925.


see also

Dr. Annie Besant Park, Chennai

Dr. Annie Besant Park is located at the junction of Dr. Besant Road and Kamarajar Salai near Vivekananda House in Triplicane, opposite Marina Beach.