<P> Between 1916 and 1918 , when the war was beginning , prominent Indians like Joseph Baptista , Muhammad Ali Jinnah , Bal Gangadhar Tilak , G.S. Khaparde , Sir S. Subramania Iyer and the leader of the Theosophical Society , Annie Besant , decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India , specifically to demand Home Rule , or self - government within the British Empire for all of India . Tilak founded the first home rule league at the Bombay provincial congress at Belgaum in April , 1916 . then after this Annie Besant founded second league at Adyar Madras in September 1916 . While Tilak 's league worked in areas like Maharashtra ( excluding Bombay city ) , Karnataka , Central provinces and Berar , Annie Besant 's league worked in the rest of India . </P>
<P> Between 1916 and 1918 , when the war was beginning , prominent Indians like Joseph Baptista , Muhammad Ali Jinnah , Bal Gangadhar Tilak , G.S. Khaparde , Sir S. Subramania Iyer and the leader of the Theosophical Society , Annie Besant , decided to organise a national alliance of leagues across India , specifically to demand Home Rule , or self - government within the British Empire for all of India . Tilak founded the first home rule league at the Bombay provincial congress at Belgaum in April , 1916 . then after this Annie Besant founded second league at Adyar Madras in September 1916 . While Tilak 's league worked in areas like Maharashtra ( excluding Bombay city ) , Karnataka , Central provinces and Berar , Annie Besant 's league worked in the rest of India . </P>
who initiated the home rule movement in india
who initiated the home rule movement in india
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak