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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2016 — General Studies · Question 65 of 200

Q65
Indian National MovementSocio-Religious & Educational Reform
Who laid the foundation of the 'Theosophical Society'?
  1. a.Henry Derozio
  2. b.Annie Besant
  3. c.Sister Nivedita
  4. d.Madame H. P. Blavatsky

Answer: (D) Madame H. P. Blavatsky

The Theosophical Society was founded in New York in 1875 by Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (a Russian occultist) and Henry Steel Olcott. Its Indian headquarters were established at Adyar, Chennai. Annie Besant became its president later and was a prominent Theosophist in India.

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