1 Other names All-India Home Rule League Commonwealth of India League Date began Sat, 01/01/1916 - 12:00 Precise date began unknown Y 2 About The Home Rule for India League was founded by Annie Besant in 1916 and modelled on the Irish Home Rule League. It was dominated by Theosophists and Labourites. In 1922, it was renamed the Commonwealth of India League and tried to lobby British MPs in support of self-government for India within the empire, or dominion status along the lines of Canada and Australia. It was soon transformed by Krishna Menon into the India League in 1928. Key individuals Annie Besant Connections George Lansbury, Krishna Menon, H. S. Polak, David Graham Pole, Shapurji Saklatvala, John Scurr. Related organization India League Indian National Congress Theosophical Society Other related organizations Independent Labour Party (ILP) 3 Secondary works Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto Press, 2002) 4 Archive source India Office Records, Asian and African Studies Reading Room, British Library, St Pancras