Annie Besant was 1. responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement 2. the founder of the Theosophical Society 3. once the President of the Indian National Congress Select the correct statement/ statements using the codes given below.

1. Statement 1 is correct. Annie Besant was a key figure in the Indian independence struggle and was indeed responsible for starting one league of the Home Rule Movement in India in September 1916 (Bal Gangadhar Tilak started another league earlier in April 1916). Her league aimed to achieve self-government for India within the British Empire. 2. Statement 2 is incorrect. The Theosophical Society was founded by Helena Blavatsky and Colonel Henry Steel Olcott in New York in 1875. Annie Besant joined the society later (in 1889) and became a prominent leader and its President after Olcott's death, but she was not its founder. 3. Statement 3 is correct. Annie Besant served as the President of the Indian National Congress (INC) for its Calcutta session in 1917. She was the first woman to hold this position.