ONLINE TALK

To illustrate Ireland and India’s connection, this talk by Indian MP Jawhar Sircar will focus on the contributions of two Irish women – Margaret Elizabeth Noble who later adopted the name Sister Nivedita, and Annie Besant – during the years of India’s struggle for independence from British rule.

Jawhar Sircar is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. A retired bureaucrat, Sircar is a prominent public speaker and writer, having published articles on cultural, historical and anthropological subjects in books, journals, national and international newspapers. His focus is on social history.

Presented by Dublin Festival of History.

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