Consider the following statements with reference to Mrs Annie Besant 1 She started two newspapers Co...........

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Consider the following statements with reference to Mrs. Annie Besant

1. She started two newspapers Commonweal and New India.

2. She was the first Woman President of the Indian National Congress.

3. Through the Home-Rule Movement she advocated complete independence of India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

She first came to India on 16 November 1893. In October 1913 she spoke at a great public meeting in Madras recommending that there should be a Standing Committee of the House of Commons for Indian affairs which would go into the question of how India might attain freedom.
She founded a weekly newspaper 'Commonweal' in January 1914 for her political work. In June 1914 she purchased the 'Madras Standard' and renamed it 'New India'. The Home Rule League was started on 1 September 1916. The main objective was to attain Home-rule for India within the British Empire (on the lines of autonomous colonies of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand).
In June 1917, with G. S. Arundale and B. P. Wadia, two of her principal workers, she was interned at Ooty. Because of the wide protest all over India and abroad, the internment order was withdrawn, and in August 1917 she was made the President of the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.