Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist...

Besant Nagar is an upscale, exclusive residential neighbourhood in South Chennai, India. It is located along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The neighbourhood...

(210 ha) of land that was bought in 1927 by Besant. It was later renamed in July 2007 in Besant's honor. Annie Besant – Main Founder of the school, women's...

Secularist, and Co-Freemason Annie Besant and her husband Rev. Frank Besant. She had an older brother named Arthur Besant. When her father and mother separated...

the stage for the Indian independence movement under the leadership of Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak to the educated English speaking upper class...

and another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant. The son of wine merchant William Besant (1800–1879), he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire...

reformer Annie Besant; impressed by it, Besant met with Blavatsky and joined the Theosophists. In August 1890, Blavatsky moved in to Besant's large house...

favour of the Theosophical Society, where he became an associate of Annie Besant. He became a high-ranking officer of the Society and remained one of...

India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle. New India...

developed a strong bond with Annie Besant and came to view her as a surrogate mother. His father, who had initially assented to Besant's legal guardianship of...

University. It was established in 1913 by Dr. Annie Besant. Vasanta College was founded by Annie Besant in 1913. The college initially was situated in...

to Bouverie Street, seeking the support of Annie Besant. Chapman was one of three women who met with Besant, securing her assistance in forming a strike...

body into the concepts of 'tulpa' and 'thoughtform'. The Theosophist Annie Besant, in the 1905 book Thought-Forms, divides them into three classes: forms...

and animal physiology. Both Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and Annie Besant assisted him. Annie Besant wrote in her autobiography: At the opening of the new year...

York:1995 State University of New York Press Annie Besant, The Case Against W. Q. Judge (1895), p. 13. About Besant’s closeness to Morya, in a letter of 27 March...

Romesh Chunder Dutt, p10 Mazumdar, Pg 58 Mazumdar, Pg 59 Annie Besant, Pg 35 Annie Besant, Pg 36 "Congress Sessions". Indian National Congress. Archived...

of novelist Walter Besant. Another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant. William was born in Portsea, Portsmouth on 1 November 1828. According...

The planes in Theosophy were further systematized in the writings of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. From theosophy the term made its way to later esoteric...

married his second wife, Dorothy Thelma Helen Besant, a great-grandniece of the campaigner Annie Besant. Born in Australia, she had relocated to London...

female doctors in India. Soon after, she came under the influence of Annie Besant, and then of Mahatma Gandhi. Her name was included in the first national...

Travancore. The Sabha was inaugurated by Annie Besant on 17 June 1918. The movement was inaugurated by the Annie Besant under the presidency at Gokhale Hall...

anti-Brahmin attitude shaped many of its ideas and policies. It opposed Annie Besant and her Home rule movement, because it believed home rule would benefit...

College, founded by Indian Home Rule-leaguer and Theosophist, Annie Besant in 1898. After Besant and her associates were marginalised, the university was established...

Dr. Annie Besant Park is an urban park at Chennai, India. Technically a traffic island, it gained prominence due to its location at the Marina Beach. Dr...

published by Annie Besant in 1897.[citation needed] The fourth volume is simply an index of the first three volumes, also prepared by Annie Besant. Blavatsky...

nearly 6,000 members. The Adyar-based Society was later taken over by Annie Besant, under whom it grew to its largest extent during the late 1920s, before...

that section in a business meeting. Henry Steel Olcott (1875 to 1907). Annie Besant (1907 to 1933). George Arundale (1934 to 1945). Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa...

India, established in 1934 by Jiddu Krishnamurti. It is named after Annie Besant and located near the Kashi Railway Station on the banks of river Ganges...

Women's Indian Association (WIA) was founded at Adayar, Madras, in 1917 by Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins, Dorothy Jinarajadasa, and others to liberate women...

Madanapalle and it was affiliated to Madras University. In 1917, when Dr. Annie Besant led the agitation for "Home Rule", this institution, which became a centre...