Anne besiant was not only a social reformer but also a freedom fighters ,justify
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Annie Besant was famous as a social worker, educationalist and journalist.
India is indebted to Annie Besant for her immeasurable work for freedom struggle, educational advancements and social reforms. She died at the age of 86.
Annie Besant is a former British socialist, theosophist, women’s rights activist, writer, orator, and supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. Annie Besant always fought for the causes she thought were right, relating to freedom of thought, women’s rights, secularism, birth control and workers’ rights. She became involved in politics in India, joining the Indian National Congress. When World War I broke out in 1914, she helped launch the Home Rule League to campaign for democracy in India and dominion status within the Empire.
Annie had made noteworthy contributions to the Indian society by setting up a new school for boys at Varanasi: the Central Hindu College. The school aimed at building a new leadership for India. They spend their lives as monks and devoted a long time in prayer. The boys were trained at studying the Hindu scriptures along with modern science. Finally, Annie and fellow trustees of the Central Hindu College agreed to Government of India’s precondition that the college should become a part of the new University. Thus, the Banaras Hindu University started functioning from 1st October 1917 with the Central Hindu College as its first constituent college