Home Rule League Movement

Even though Annie Besant was associated with the Theosophical Society, she was not its founder. It was founded by Madame Blavatsky and Henry Olcott. Thus, statement 2 is incorrect. Statement 3 is correct that Annie Besant became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress in 1917, Calcutta Session. Statement 1 is also correct. Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in India on the lines of the Irish Home Rule Leagues along with Tilak.

The Home Rule Movement, the All India Home Rule League, was a national political organization founded in September 1916 by Annie Besant. Tilak's Indian Home Rule League in Karnataka, Maharashtra (except Bombay), Central Provinces and Berar. The rest of the country fell under the care of Annie Besant's League. The aim of the League was to achieve self-government in a constitutional manner within the British Empire. In 1920, the All India Home Rule League elected Mahatma Gandhi as its President and Mahatma Gandhi changed its name to 'Swarajya Sabha' (Assembly).

Annie Besant (1847-1933) was a proponent of the Fabian movement.