ABSTRACT
Annie Besant’s interest in India was not created by her adoption of Theosophy. A full ten years before she joined the Theosophical Society in 1889, saw her entering a passionate defence of India and Afghanistan against the policy of Disraeli in England and Lytton in India. After joining the Theosophical Society Annie Besant not only took up the cause of India with renewed vigour, but also, in 1893, made her permanent home in that country. In Ceylon, three colleges and over two hundred schools are flourishing under the care of Buddhist Theosophists. In India, two colleges and a growing number of schools, both for boys and girls, are being directed by Hindu Theosophists. After the 1884 Theosophical Congress at Adyar, a number of the delegates formed the Committee which organized the National Congress, the first meeting of which took place in 1885.
