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- Annie Basant was an author, social activist and a campainer for India’s struggle for freedom.
- She was born in the year 1847, and fought for human freedom.
- She married Frank Besant in 1867 at the age of 26.
- She is a well known for establishing the Home-Rule League in 1916 in India.
- While her time as a human freedom supporter in India, she joined the Indian National Congress.
- Later in her life, she joined the Theosophical Society as its president.
- She was also a renowned author with several articles, books and other writings in her name.
- She considered Jiddu Krishnamurthy as a potential world teacher
- She was involved in various political activities such as Bloody Sunday and London Match Girl Strike of 1888.
- She died in 1933