Modern History PYQ 297 of 636 · Home Rule League Movement

Which of the following did not contribute to the establishment of the Home Rule League?

  1. ABal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. BAnnie Besant
  3. CM. Subramania Aiyar
  4. DH. S. Olcott

40th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995

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Correct answer: (d) H. S. Olcott

Explanation

H. S. Olcott was associated not with the Home Rule League, but with the Theosophical Society. Bal Gangadhar Tilak started his Home Rule League in April 1916, and Annie Besant started hers in September 1916. S. Subramania Aiyar was also associated with the establishment of Annie Besant’s Home Rule League movement.

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