Consider the following personalities :

i. Annie Besant

ii. Lokmanya Tilak

iii. Jawahar Lal Nehru

iv. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Who among the above participated in the Home Rule Movement ?

All the given leaders ie Annie Besant, Lokmanya Tilak, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah participated in the Home Rule Movement.

Key Points

• Between the years 1916 and 1918, the Indian independence movement witnessed the growth and spread of the Home Rule Movement spearheaded by leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant.
• The aim of the home rule movement was the attainment of home rule or a dominion status for India under the British Empire along the lines of countries like Canada and Australia.
• This movement was carried out through the two home rule leagues.
• The movement was able to garner huge support from a lot of educated Indians.
• In 1917, the two leagues combined had around 40,000 members.
• Many members of the Congress and the Muslim League joined the league.
• Many prominent leaders like Motilal Nehru, Jawarhlal Nehru, Chittaranjan Das, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Lala Lajpat Rai were among its members.

• This movement led to the Montague Declaration of 1917 in which it was declared that there would be more Indians in the government leading to the development of self-governing institutions ultimately realising responsible governments in India.

Hence, we can conclude that Annie Besant, Lokmanya Tilak, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah participated in the Home Rule Movement.