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Annie Besant was a) Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement. b) The founder of the Theosophical Society. c) Once the President of the Indian National Congress

Annie Besant was a) Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement. b) The founder of the Theosophical Society. c) Once the President of the Indian National Congress Correct Answer a) and c) only

Annie Besant was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule. The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New York City, United States, on 17 November 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others.

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