Google doodle honours Annie Besant on her 168th birth anniversary

Another Google doodle this week is celebrating 168th birth anniversary of Annie Besant. The doodle appeared on Google homepage on Thursday. It features a cute illustration of Besant sitting in a rocking chair holding a copy of 'New India' and smiling.

Annie Besant was a British socialist, women's rights activist, writer and orator. Born on October 1, 1847, in Clamham, London, Besant supported Irish and Indian self-rule.

She travelled to India and help set up Central Hindu College in 1898 and Hyderabad National Collegiate Board in 1922.

Besant joined Indian National Congress and helped launch the Home Rule League to demand dominion status for India. In late 1917, she was elected president of National Congress.

Besant died on 20 September 1933, at age 85, in Adyar, Madras Presidency, British India