It was formed in 1885 by members of the Theosophical Society, was a major force in the Indian independence movement and is still a potent political party in India. What is it called?
Independence Day (India) outposts in the Indian subcontinent by the 17th century. Through overwhelming military strength, the British East India company subdued local kingdoms and established themselves as the dominant force by the 18th century. Following the First War of Independence of 1857, the Government of India Act 1858 led the British Crown to assume direct control of India. In the decades following, civic society gradually emerged across India, most notably the Indian National Congress Party, formed in 1885. The period after World War I was marked by British reforms such as the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, but it also witnessed the enactment of the
Theosophical Society in the Philippines Theosophical Society in the Philippines The Theosophical Society in the Philippines is a branch of the Theosophical Society Adyar with headquarters in Chennai, India. The earliest record of theosophical activity in the Philippines was in 1892 when the Manila Theosophical Society was established in Manila with B. C. Brider as Secretary. In 1911, an organization called the Oriental Theosophical Society was formed in the Philippines but which did not have any connection with the Theosophical Society in Adyar. In 1925, when the Philippines was still a colony of the United States, the Manila Lodge was formed under the Theosophical Society