Home rule league

Known as the “champion of human freedom”, Annie Besant is the dauntless Irish lady that defied all social norms and lived her life unapologetically. A philosopher, social reformer, women’s rights activist, prolific writer, and orator, she continued to challenge the conservative and conventional norms of the society, vociferously voicing her mind and demanding reforms. Throughout her entire life, she experienced the realms of Christianity, Atheism, Socialism, and Theosophy, in her journey to find the ultimate truth of religious transformation. She is a prominent figure who played a tremendous role in India’s freedom struggle against the imperialistic rule of England. Let us take a look into the life of this beacon of resistance and how she managed to break all odds and live life on her own terms! “This was a lady with a powerful will whose energy and courage was of an extraordinary order”- Rosemary Dinnage Annie Woods was born on 1 October 1847, in Clapham, London. Her father William Woods, passed away when she was only 5 years old, leaving her and her mother with a life of penury. Annie was brought up by the affluent Ellen Marryat, upon her mother’s persuasion, due to which Annie received a good education and traveled a great amount across Europe. In 1867, when she was 19 years old, she married 26 years old clergyman, Frank Besant and gave birth to 2 children, Digby and Mabel. However, the marriage was a disaster, due to a conflict of interests. Annie was set on her anti-r...

Hint: The Home Rule Movement was a movement which was started in British India and was inspired mainly from the Irish Home Rule Movement and other home rule movements. Complete answer: The Home Rule League Movement was established in 1916 by nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak and English social reformer Annie Besant. The term was borrowed from a similar movement that happened in Ireland. The Movement refers to the struggle that the Indian nationalists had to go through to achieve self - rule from the British Indian government. Tilak’s group focussed on Western India and Besant was set up on Madras and focussed on all over India. The objectives of the Home Rule League Movement were as follows : a) To establish Swaraj or self - government under the dominion of the British government. b) To establish home rule by promoting political education. c) To regain the confidence of the Indians against the domination of the British government. d) To revive the political activity on their own while also maintaining the principles of the Congress party. e) To demand greater representation of political rights from the British government. The Home Rule League Movement had more impact on India than other contemporary movements. It brought a major transition due to its objectives. Earlier the objective was a greater role for Indians in the institutions of the state but the objective of the Home Rule League Movement was Swaraj nothing more than that and nothing less than that they wanted self r...

Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Home Rule League This article deals with ‘ Home Rule League – UPSC.’ This is part of our series on ‘Modern History’ which is important pillar of GS-1 syllabus . For more articles , you can click here Introduction Less charged but more effective Indian response during World War I (compared to Ghadar Movement) was Home Rule League Movement which demanded more involvement of Indians in affairs of India (ie Status of Dominion) Release of Tilak & Congress • Tilak was released in June 1914& he returned to India which was very different from what he left . There was virtually no nationalist activity going on • Tilak concentrated on seeking re-admission of himself & extremists into Congress because Congress symbolize Indian National Movement & was necessary condition for success of any political action . Moderate leaders were also unhappy with choice they made in 1907 & also to fact that Congress lapsed into almost inactivity . Tilak brought new hope for them • Along with that Annie Besant who joined Congress was keen to arouse nationalist political activity & admit extremists into Congress. About Annie Besant • Began his career in England(London) as proponent of Free Thought, Radicalism, Fabianism & Theosophy • Irish Born & close associate of George Bernard Shaw (Only person to win Oscar for movie Pygmalion & Nobel Prize for Literature) + was also associated with London School of Business • 1893 : came to India to work for Theos...

Hint: He has also conferred the title of 'Lokmanya' which means to be 'accepted by the people'. The British colonial authorities called him "The Father of Indian unrest". He was a part of the Lal-Bal-Pal trilogy. Complete answer: First Home Rule League was founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak at the Bombay provincial congress in April 1916 at Belgaum. Indian home rule movement began in India in the background of World War I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak's movement was restricted to Maharashtra ( excluding Bombay ) and Karnataka. The Government of India act (1909) didn't fulfil the demands of the nationalists of India. The home rule flag had five-red and four-green horizontal stripes on it. On the upper left quadrant was the union flag with a crescent and a seven-pointed star both in white are set in the top flying. Objectives of Home Rule League were - - To attain the status of self-government within the British empire through means of a constitution. - Members should be elected by the people of India. - A council should be established to pass the country's budget and the ministers should be made responsible for the legislatures. - It had strived to organise public opinions in favour of its main objective. - To work towards National education, social and political reforms. - Aimed to reform the administration in a non-violent way without overthrowing the govt. from power. - Tilak demanded 'Poorna Swaraj' together with the formation of linguistic states and education in the vernacular med...

The Home Rule Movement • The Home Rule Movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but a more effective way than the response of Indians living abroad which took the form of the Ghadar adventure. • The All India Home Rule League was a national political organization founded in 1916 and organised on the lines of the Irish Home Rule Leagues to lead the national demand for self-government, termed Home Rule, and to obtain the status of a Dominion within the British Empire as enjoyed by Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland at the time. • It represented the emergence of a new trend of aggressive politics. • Annie Besant and Tilak were the pioneers of this new trend. • Two Home Rule Leagues were established, one by B.G. Tilak at Poona in April 1916 and the other by Mrs. Annie Besant at Madras in September 1916. • Main aim of the Movement was to get self-government for India within the British Empire. Factors leading to the Movement were the followings: • Many Indian revolutionaries opposed the war, while moderates and liberals backed the war. The issue divided India’s political classes and left the increasing demand for self-government going nowhere. A section of nationalists felt that popular pressure was required to attain concessions from the Government. • The Moderates were disillusioned with the Morley- Minto reforms. • People were feeling the burden of wartime miseries caused by high taxation and a rise in prices, and w...

Introduction: The home rule movement was the Indian response to the First World War in a less charged but in a more effective way. With people already feeling the burden of war time miseries caused by high taxation and a rise in prices, Tilak and Annie Besant ready to assume the leadership the movement started with great vigour. Two Indian Home Rule Leagues were organised on the lines of the Irish Home Rule Leagues and they represented the emergence of a new trend of aggressive politics. The League campaign aimed to convey to the common man the message of home rule as self-government. Objectives of Home Rule Movement: • To achieve self-government in India. • To promote political education and discussion to set up agitation for self-government. • To build confidence among Indians to speak against the government’s suppression. • To demand a larger political representation for Indians from the British government. • To revive political activity in India while maintaining the principles of the Congress Party. Major contributions of Home Rule Movement to the freedom struggle of India: • The leagues organised demonstrations and agitations. • There were public meetings in which the leaders gave fiery speeches. • They were able to create a stir within the country and alarm the British to such an extent that Annie Besant was arrested in June 1917. • This move by the British created a nation-wide protest and now even moderate leaders joined the league. Besant was released in Septembe...

No Home Rule, Yes Dillon's Rule Home rule in the United States is an authority of a constituent part of a home rule states, the state's constitution grants municipalities and/or counties the ability to pass laws to govern themselves as they see fit (so long as they obey the state and federal constitutions). In other states, only limited authority has been granted to local governments by passage of statutes in the state legislature. In these states, a city or county must obtain permission from the state legislature if it wishes to pass a law or ordinance which is not specifically permitted under existing state legislation. Forty of the fifty states apply some form of the principle known as • Structural – power to choose the form of government, charter and enact charter revisions, • Functional – power to exercise local self government in a broad or limited manner, • Fiscal – authority to determine revenue sources, set tax rates, borrow funds and other related financial activities, • Personnel – authority to set employment rules, remuneration rates, employment conditions and collective bargaining. Home rule and Dillon's Rule states [ ] The following chart indicates which of the 50 U.S. states are home rule states and which states obey the legal principle of Dillon's Rule for determining local government authority. The District of Columbia has a limited form of home rule granted by the Federal Government; see State Home Rule State? Dillon's Rule State? Comments Limited Yes Lim...