International Relations Prelims Question

The Theosophical Society was founded by the Westerners, who drew inspiration from Indian thought and culture. Madame Blavatsky laid the foundation of the movement in the United States in 1873. Later Colonel Olcott of the US Army joined her. In 1882, they shifted their headquarters to India at Adyar, on the outskirts of Madras. The members of this Society believed that a special relationship can be established between a person’s soul and God by contemplation, prayer, revelation, etc.
The Society accepts Hindu beliefs in reincarnation, karma and draws inspiration from the philosophy of Upanishads and Samkhya, Yoga and Vedanta School of Thought. The Theosophical Movement came to be allied with Hindu Renaissance.
In India, the movement became somewhat popular with the election of Mrs. Annie Besant as its President after the death of Olcott in 1907. Annie Besant was well acquainted with the Indian thought and culture, and her approach was Vedantic, as is very evident from her remarkable translation of Bhagvat Gita. Mrs. Besant turned a Hindu, not only in her views, but also in her dress, food, company and social manners. In India, under her guidance, Theosophy became a movement of Hindu Revival.
Besant laid the foundation of the Central Hindu College in Benaras in 1898, where both the Hindu religion and Western Scientific subjects were taught. The college became the nucleus for the formation of Benaras Hindu University in 1916. Annie Besant also did much for the cause of female education. She also formed the Home Rule League on the pattern of the Irish Home Rule movement.

The Theosophical Society was founded by the Westerners, who drew inspiration from Indian thought and culture. Madame Blavatsky laid the foundation of the movement in the United States in 1873. Later Colonel Olcott of the US Army joined her. In 1882, they shifted their headquarters to India at Adyar, on the outskirts of Madras. The members of this Society believed that a special relationship can be established between a person’s soul and God by contemplation, prayer, revelation, etc.
The Society accepts Hindu beliefs in reincarnation, karma and draws inspiration from the philosophy of Upanishads and Samkhya, Yoga and Vedanta School of Thought. The Theosophical Movement came to be allied with Hindu Renaissance.
In India, the movement became somewhat popular with the election of Mrs. Annie Besant as its President after the death of Olcott in 1907. Annie Besant was well acquainted with the Indian thought and culture, and her approach was Vedantic, as is very evident from her remarkable translation of Bhagvat Gita. Mrs. Besant turned a Hindu, not only in her views, but also in her dress, food, company and social manners. In India, under her guidance, Theosophy became a movement of Hindu Revival.
Besant laid the foundation of the Central Hindu College in Benaras in 1898, where both the Hindu religion and Western Scientific subjects were taught. The college became the nucleus for the formation of Benaras Hindu University in 1916. Annie Besant also did much for the cause of female education. She also formed the Home Rule League on the pattern of the Irish Home Rule movement.

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