While celebrating an important milestone in the history of a court, we normally tend to remember only the lawyers who stood and argued, and the Judges who sat and decided cases. But, the contribution ...

Annie Besant was a vicar's wife who lost her faith, stood trial for a birth-control pamphlet, led a famous strike, and then ended up leading India's Congress against her own empire.

Annie Wood was born on this day, the 1st of October, in 1847. Under another name she would eventually gain fame as a journalist, and later a theosophist as well as a tireless worker for social justice ...

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Annie Besant, along with reformers Josephine Butler and Milicent Fawcett, was one of three remarkable “apostolic” women of the age. That was the judgment of William T Stead, editor of the liberal ...

When Annie Besant arrived in India in 1893, she had already accumulated enough notoriety for a lifetime. This was a woman who had separated from her clergyman husband, losing custody of both her ...

Annie Wood was born on this day in 1847. At 20 she married an Anglican priest, Frank Besant. They would have two children together before their marriage collapsed. Apparently spurred on by Annie ...

“It was held that all was well with a man if he acted nobly and that his belief were quite secondary things” : Annie Besant in Bearings of Religious Social Reconstruction in 1913. While India was ...

Annie Besant, founder of the Theosophical Society, was remembered by students and teacher of Besant Education Fellowship (BEF). VARANASI: Annie Besant, founder of the Theosophical Society, was ...

The fifth Annie Besant Award For Excellence in Education was organized recently by the Annie Besant Group. On the occasion, PK Yadav, who is the president of the group and founder of the Annie Besant ...