Between 1916 and 1918, prominent Indian leaders and patriots decided to organize a national alliance of leagues across India, specifically to demand home rule.
The Home Rule Movement was aimed at bringing about self-government for India in the British Empire, as well to work towards national education, and political reforms.
In 1916, two Home Rule Movements were launched in the country. The first was under the leadership of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and the second was under Annie Besant. Tilak popularized the demand for Home Rule through his lectures. Annie Besant was a British theosophist, writer, and orator who supported Indian and Irish home rule.
The Home Rule League set up by her organized discussions and lectures and set up reading rooms. It also distributed pamphlets educating people of what they sought to achieve through this movement.
