%0 Journal Article %1 manju_rajput_2023_8318119 %A Jewaria, Dr. Neetu %D 2023 %J CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY %K Annie Besant, Committeemomentum, India New Standing freedom, newspaper, struggle, %N 6 %P 43-55 %T The Role of News Paper in Freedom Struggle of India %U https://cajssh.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/786/864 %V 4 %X New India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle.2 New India was a newspaper founded as a means to spread news related to the Indian freedom struggle, and as a means to vocalize the views of its founder, the freedom fighter Dr. Annie Besant, through her editorials. It was in the same league as Gandhi's Harijan and Tilak's Kesari.34 Annie Besant was a London born half Irish half English, pro workers union, pro Irish independence woman who happened to first come to India in November 1893. She had helped start the first trade unions in London, was a member of the Fabian Society and a close associate of a number of socialists of her time including Sydney Webbs, George Bernard Shaw, George Lansbury and Ramsay MacDonald. In 1866, she read two theosophical books written by Mr A. P. Sinnet, and in 1889 read Mme H. P. Blavatsky's ‘The Secret Doctrine’. These influenced her greatly and she came to India. In May 1889, Besant joined the Theosophical Society in Madras, and became Blavatsky's pupil and helper. She gradually became a prominent worker of the Theosophical Society and was elected president, a position that she held until her death in September 1933.5

@article{manju_rajput_2023_8318119, abstract = {New India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle.[2] New India was a newspaper founded as a means to spread news related to the Indian freedom struggle, and as a means to vocalize the views of its founder, the freedom fighter Dr. Annie Besant, through her editorials. It was in the same league as Gandhi's Harijan and Tilak's Kesari.[3][4] Annie Besant was a London born half Irish half English, pro workers union, pro Irish independence woman who happened to first come to India in November 1893. She had helped start the first trade unions in London, was a member of the Fabian Society and a close associate of a number of socialists of her time including Sydney Webbs, George Bernard Shaw, George Lansbury and Ramsay MacDonald. In 1866, she read two theosophical books written by Mr A. P. Sinnet, and in 1889 read Mme H. P. Blavatsky's ‘The Secret Doctrine’. These influenced her greatly and she came to India. In May 1889, Besant joined the Theosophical Society in Madras, and became Blavatsky's pupil and helper. She gradually became a prominent worker of the Theosophical Society and was elected president, a position that she held until her death in September 1933.[5]}, added-at = {2023-09-21T09:30:50.000+0200}, author = {Jewaria, Dr. Neetu}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20b14903a8a7354a8a5abd32d0f93b1e0/centralasian_20}, interhash = {61a47ea855ec46a0ed6f0221933a925b}, intrahash = {0b14903a8a7354a8a5abd32d0f93b1e0}, issn = {2660-6836}, journal = {CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY}, keywords = {Annie Besant, Committeemomentum, India New Standing freedom, newspaper, struggle,}, language = {english}, month = may, number = 6, pages = {43-55}, timestamp = {2023-09-21T09:30:50.000+0200}, title = {The Role of News Paper in Freedom Struggle of India}, url = {https://cajssh.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/786/864}, volume = 4, year = 2023 }