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...ver in northeast India. Later he served as General Secretary of the Indian Section of the [[Theosophical Society]] from 1919 to 1923. [[Category:Nationality Indian|Sinha, Purnendu Narayan]]

...studied [[Theosophy]] in his spare moments. He made the acquaintance of an Indian gentleman who gave him another view of religion, spurring further study. ...Farthing has said this of his service as General Secretary in the English Section:

...1 Holland Villas Road, and the second is at the Headquarters of the Indian section of the Theosophical Society in Varanasi (Benares), India. [[The Mahatma Let

He was a member of the Indian Peace Commission which in 1868 settled Indian troubles in the Middle West, and in 1869 he was United States Consul at Tre '''SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br>

...ef> [[Clara Codd]] recalled that as Arundale walked around, he would have "Indian boys hanging on each arm. He was very fond of his scholars and they were ve ...ciety for the Promotion of National Education]], which provided support to Indian universities, colleges, and schools. As Registrar, he managed the membershi

...religion/hinduism</ref> It is regarded as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with very diverse roots and no founder. This "Hind ...r (also known as the Indus River) at one time divided the Persian from the Indian territories. Most Persians began this word with an H rather than an S sound

That year, 1911, saw Indian headquarters for the OSE established at Benares. In 1924, a European headqu An example was published in the "Questions Answered" section of the American Section's journal. The response was written by Mr. Leadbeater:

..., to do it far more effectually than I can, for he belongs to the "foreign Section." ...al lines on which we wish the work of organizing — if possible — the Anglo-Indian Branch to proceed: the details must be left to you — if you are still wil

...ork</ref> His wife Manek, then 30 years old, was in England at Chiswick, a section of London. Two sons, a daughter, and a nephew lived with her.<ref>1911 Cens ...ndian Section in Bombay on August 24, 1891 and transferred to the American Section on August 29, 1962 at the age of about 89.<ref>Theosophical Society General

...s is attained by few missionaries, having made herself conversant with two Indian languages, Hindu and Hindustani or Urdu. ...ss Neff transferred her membership from the American Section to the Indian Section, and did not transfer back again until May 13, 1939 after a long stint abro

...veral occasions, the honour to see these ‘Brothers’ of our Society’s First Section. We have thus been led to know that they represent a class of living, not [[Category:Nationality Indian|Shankar, Bhavani]]

...osophical Society]] in 1875. He provided superb leadership to the American Section until his untimely death in 1896, but left a body of writings that are amon === Formation of American Section ===

...0 members.<ref>''Report of Proceedings and Documents'' (New York: American Section Headquarters T.S., 1893), 10-12.</ref> Indian [[Manilal N. Dvivedi|Professor Manilal N. Dvivedi]], was not a member of th

...ll be of interest to our members that through the courtesy of the American Section a complete unit of microfilming equipment and microfilming reading equipmen ...1969), 8.</ref> She supervised conversion of the shelf arrangement of that section to correspond to the modified Dewey Decimal System arrangement of Eastern r

'''Rukmini Devi Arundale''' (1904-1986) was an Indian Theosophist best known as a dancer and educator, and as wife of [[George S. ...S. Arundale]], a 44-year-old Englishman who was a Theosophist prominent in Indian education at [[Central Hindu College]]. Rukmini wrote of her husband,

==== Iraqi and Indian Jews ==== ...t of these Jews moved from India to the new country of Israel, where a new section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society]] formed in 1954

...ld gave lectures on astrology and contributed to the Questions and Answers section of [[The Vahan (periodical)|''The Vahan'']]. He was a student of the [[Kabb ...Recording Secretary and Treasurer of the Society in 1893, and lectured to Indian members with great success and organized some new branches.

...nown from her role in the Indian National Congress during the struggle for Indian home rule, and for her support of national education in India. She was pres ...and the South Kensington Science and Art Exam.<ref>"Besant, Annie." ''The Indian Biographical Dictionary, 1915'' (Madras: Pillar, 1915), 38.</ref> She was a

...eosophist'']] and stated how pleased she was to get better acquainted with Indian people and how friendly they were.<ref> Müller, Henrietta. "A Lady’s Lec ...to attend its convention, where Müller was also present. Many articles on Indian women appeared in the ''Women's Penny Paper'' before it ceased publication

In 1872, George Allen, the proprietor of the Anglo-Indian newspaper [[The Pioneer (periodical)|''The Pioneer'']], offered him the edi ...even years of his editorship, the little paper grew into the leading Anglo-Indian daily newspaper of the day.<ref>[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/mahatm