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Sri Aurobindo
Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)
For the pharmaceutical company, see Aurobindo Pharma.
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Aurobindo, c. 1900 | |
| Born | Aurobindo Ghose (1872-08-15)15 August 1872 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 5 December 1950(1950-12-05) (aged 78) Pondicherry, French India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Relatives | Rajnarayan Basu (maternal-grandfather) Manmohan Ghose (brother) Barindra Kumar Ghose (brother)[1] |
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| Religion | Hindu |
| Founder of | Sri Aurobindo Ashram |
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Quotation
Matter shall reveal the Spirit's face / All Life is Yoga.[2]
Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an I
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Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
About Sri Aurobindo Ghosh:
Early Life & Career:
- Born to surgeon Krishna Dhan Ghose and Swarnalata Devi in Calcutta on August 15, 1872.
- He passed the Indian Civil Service Examination in 1890 but failed in the horsemanship test due to which he could not enter the service.
- In 1893, he accepted an appointment in the Baroda state service.
- He worked for 13 years and rose to the post of principal of the Baroda State College.
- Later, he left his job at Baroda to join the Bengal National College.
Revolutionary Streak:
- He became a leading figure in the freedom movement and used to write fearless articles for the English newspaper Bande Mataram.
- He also contributed articles to the Bengali weekly Yugantar.
- Later, he started the weekly English journal titled Dharma, in which he tried to convey the message of Swaraj or freedom from British rule.
- He was one of the founders of the youth club Anushilan Samiti which protested against the atrocities of the British government.
- He was one of the leading protesters against the 1905 Partition of Benga
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Introduction
Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on 15 August 1872. At the age of seven he was taken to England for education. There he studied at St. Paul's School, London, and at King's College, Cambridge. Returning to India in 1893, he worked for the next thirteen years in the Princely State of Baroda in the service of the Maharaja and as a professor in Baroda College. During this period he also joined a revolutionary society and took a leading role in secret preparations for an uprising against the British Government in India.
In 1906, soon after the Partition of Bengal, Sri Aurobindo quit his post in Baroda and went to Calcutta, where he soon became one of the leaders of the Nationalist movement. He was the first political leader in India to openly put forward, in his newspaper Bande Mataram, the idea of complete independence for the country. Prosecuted twice for sedition and once for conspiracy, he was released each time for lack of evidence.
Sri Aurobindo had begun the practice of Yoga in 1905 in Baroda. In 1908 he had the first of several fundamental spiritual
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