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.
The book chronicles the relationship of the author's family – her father Rajagopal Desikacharya (commonly D. Rajagopal, 1900–1993), mother Rosalind (1903–1996), and herself – with the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986).
He graduated in law from the University of Madras and joined the Mysore service as Assistant Superintendent in 1870.
During his 20s, Krishnamurti began attending the University of Madras, studying psychology, philosophy, mysticism, and the sciences, but never completed a degree, having determined that the answers of the West – to what he considered were essential questions – were no better than those of the East.