Born: August 15, 1872. Died: December 5, 1950.
Aurobindo Ghose was a multifaceted person. He was a freedom fighter, poet, scholar, yogi and philosopher. He spent his life working towards the cause of India’s freedom, and for further evolution of life on earth. Aurobindo Ghose was born on August 15, 1872 at Calcutta. His father was Krishnadhan and his mother was Swamalata.
Aurobindo Ghose had an impressive lineage. Raj Narayan Bose, an acknowledged leader in Bengali literature, and the grandfather of Indian nationalism was Sri Aurobindo’s maternal grandfather. Aurobindo Ghose owes not only his rich spiritual nature, but even his very superior literary capacity, to his mother’s line. His father was an M.D. from England. When Aurobindo was five years old, he was sent to Loretto Convent School at Darjeeling.
Two years later in 1879, Aurobindo Ghose, was sent to England along with his brothers for....
