Annie Besant and her role in Indian history

Statement 1 is correct: Annie Besant launched the Home Rule League in India in 1916, modeled on the Irish Home Rule movement, advocating for self-government for India. She was a prominent leader of this movement. Statement 2 is incorrect: The Theosophical Society was founded by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott in 1875; Annie Besant joined the society and became its President in 1907 after Blavatsky's death, but she was not the founder. Statement 3 is correct: Annie Besant served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1917, making her the first British-born woman to hold this position. Therefore, statements 1 and 3 are correct. > Annie Besant: Home Rule League founder (1916) and INC President (1917), but not Theosophical Society founder.