DR. ANNIE BESANT(1847-1933) WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, CAME TO BENARES IN 1893 FOUNDED THE CENTRAL HINDU COLLEGE IN 1898 FOR THE EDUCATION OF HINDU YOUTH IN THE EESENTIALS OF THEIR ANCIENT FAITH AND WAS THE PRESIDENT OF ITS BOARD FROM 1898 TO 1914 WHEN SHE HANDED OVER THE COLLEGE TO FORM THE NUCLEUS OF BENARES HINDU UNIVERSITY. AFTER THIS SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY FROM 1907 TILL HE
R DEATH.SHE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IN 1917, AND GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF INDIA IN 1923. DR BESANT LECTURED FREQUENTLY ON THEOSOPHY AND IN 1926 TRAVELLED WIDELY WITH HER INDIAN PROTEGE JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI, WHOM SHE DECLARED TO BE THE NEW MASSIHA. HER WORKS INCLUDE REINCARNATION (1892), THE BASIS OF MORALITY (1915), A WORLD OF RELIGION (1916), AND INDIA, BOND OR FREE? MAHAMANA PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA(1861-1946) WAS BORN IN ALLAHABAD. HE GRADUATED IN ARTS AND LAW FROM CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY. HE CONSIDERED A JOB OF ENGLISH TEACHER AT DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL IN BEGINING BUT LATER ON HE MOVED TO ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT AS AN ADVOCATE. HE WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FOUR TIMES 1909, 1918, 1932 AND 1933. ON FEB 4, 1916 HE FOUNDED BENARES HINDU UNIVERSITY AND SERVED AS VICE CHANCELLER OF UNIVERSITY FROM 1919 TO 1939
