Annie Besant, née Wood, was a former British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, and supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.
The Walkham is a river whose source is on Dartmoor, Devon, England. It rises in the wide gap between Roos Tor and Great Mis Tor and flows almost due south for approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) leaving the tors and thus National Park behind then south-west for 1 mile (1.6 km) past Woodtown. The river then reaches a village, Horrabridge, with a small compact network of streets mainly on the south or left bank. It receives most of its tributaries which are unnamed headwaters along its south-flowing inception, draining the near side of two series of six tors (peaks) to the west ending in Pew Tor at 320 metres and likewise to the east ending in Leeden Tor at 389 metres. In absolute distance, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the village and the same south of the small well-preserved town of Tavistock by a footbridge on the West Devon Way the Walkham joins the Tavy which discharges into the Tamar Estuary north of the Plymouth conurbation after a fast descent around wide hillsides, a few miles south.
Besant Nagar is an affluent, residential neighborhood in South Chennai, India. It is located on the coast of the Elliot's Beach along the Bay of Bengal.
Moose Jaw North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. One of two provincial constituencies for the city of Moose Jaw, the riding's southern boundary follows Caribou Street from the Trans-Canada bypass in the east to the city limits in the west.
Kootanae House, also spelled Kootenae House, was a North West Company fur trading post built by Jaco Finlay under the direction of David Thompson near present-day Invermere, British Columbia in 1807. It was abandoned in 1812. In 1808 Thompson reckoned its location as 50°32′12″N 115°56′15″W. The actual location is Kootenae House National Historic Site, located at 50.526624°N 116.045440°W.
Sarnia No. 221 is a rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada located in Division 6.
CKQM-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 105.1 FM in Peterborough, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, the station airs a country music format branded as Country 105. The station was launched in 1977 and is a sister station of CKPT-FM.
WIOV-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Radio License Holding CBC LLC, a part of Cumulus Media, and broadcasts a country format. The station's headquarters are located on South Reading Road, along PA 272, at Rothsville Road in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Its broadcast tower is located near Ephrata at. The station's service contour covers the cities of Lancaster, Reading, York, and Harrisburg and the western suburbs of Philadelphia.
Bayard is an Organized hamlet in Terrell Rural Municipality No. 101 in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located along highway 715, and is approximately 4 km Southwest of Claybank. The area was populated by German immigrants primarily from Bukovina during the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Wee Too Beach is a community in Saskatchewan.
Hart Butte No. 11 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in southern Saskatchewan and is within SARM Division No. 2 and Census Division No. 3. Its population was 272 as of the 2006 Census.
The historic Moose Jaw Court House building is located in downtown Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is 2 stories; making use of steel construction, hydraulic-pressed brick and Bedford Stone trimmed with Indiana Limestone. The building is the oldest continuously functioning provincial court house in the province. The building has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada and a Provincial Heritage Property.
The Besant v. Narayaniah Case is a suite filed by Jiddu Narayaniah, father of J. Krishnamurti in 1912 against theosophist Annie Besant for the custody of his son. The case argued for Narayaniah by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer was won by him and was a cause célèbre of the time though Besant later appealed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and got a ruling in her favour. Besant and C.P. Ramaswami Iyer who were in opposing camps during the trial eventually became friends after the case got over and jointly participated in the Home Rule Movement.
Bodmin Rural District was a local government division of Cornwall in England, UK, between 1894 and 1934. Established under the Local Government Act 1894, the rural district was abolished in 1934 to create Wadebridge Rural District as well as enlarging Bodmin Municipal Borough, Liskeard Rural District, Lostwithiel Municipal Borough and St Austell Rural District.
Starbrick is a census-designated place located in Conewango Township, Warren County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located along the famous U.S. Route 6, just to the west of the city of Warren. As of the 2010 census the population was 522 residents.
Costilla is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 205 as of the 2010 census. Costilla has a post office with ZIP code 87524. New Mexico State Road 196 and New Mexico State Road 522 intersect in the community.
Central Hindu Boys School aka C.H.S is a boys secondary school in Kamachha, Bhelupur, Varanasi. It was established in 1898 by Annie Besant. Since, it is the nucleus of Banaras Hindu University, it is one of the prestigious schools in India.
Holehaven Creek is a 272.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) between Canvey Island and Corringham in Essex.
