Question

explain the role of women in national struggle in India

Answer 1

One of the forerunners of India’s struggle for freedom was Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, who became a legendary figure in the history of Indian nationalism. Before, Mahatma Gandhi became the indisputable leader of the national movement; there were two prom­inent women who encouraged women to participate in the movement.

One of them was Annie Besant, the leader of the Theosophical Movement in India. She advocated emancipation of Indian women. In fact, many Indian women joined her Home Rule Movement. According to her, the Home Rule Movement was rendered tenfold more effective by the involvement of a large number of women, who brought to it the uncalculating heroism, the endurance, and the self-sacrifice of the feminine nature (Neera Desai, p. 135).