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\n\n\n
\n\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOther Autobiographical Notes <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tA Day in Srinagar <\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tCashmere. Srinagar. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSaturday. [30 May 1903] <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIn the morning Sardesai dropped in and we went together to Dhond, where I arranged with Rajaram to mess with him; the
\ndinner consisted of the usual Brahminic course, dal & rice, two chupatties with potatoes & greens and amthi,
\n\u2014 the whole to be
\nseasoned liberally by a great square of clarified butter at one side of the tray. Fortunately the dishes were not very pungent and,
\nwith this allowance, I have made myself sufficiently adaptable to be a Brahmin with the Brahmins <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tDinner in the morning from Rajaram, who put me au
\ncourant with zenana politics. Not having his son to quarrel with, H.H has filled up the gap with his wife; they have been at
\nit hammer & tongs since the Maharani joined him at Murree, chiefly, it seems, about dhobies & other such highly unroyal
\ntopics. To spite his wife H.H has raised the subject of Tarabai Ghadge’s carriage allowance, which she has been taking very
\nplacidly without keeping any carriage; for neglect in suffering this “payment without consideration”, Mohite, Raoji Sirgavkar
\n& the Chitnis are each to be fined 105 Rs. Note that Mohite alone is to blame, having signed the usual declaration that he
\nhad assured himself the recipient had her own conveyance; but this sort of thing is becoming too common to be wondered at.
\nQuicquid delirant reges, plectuntur officials. The order adds that if any of the stricken has objections to make, he may make
\nthem and, if found satisfactory, the fine will be withdrawn. This is perilously like hanging a man first and trying him afterwards
\n   <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 <\/font>16<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n\u2014 or to put it accurately, I throw my shoe in your face and then permit you to prove that the salutation was causeless, in
\nwhich case I shall be graciously pleased to put my shoe on my foot again. Another characteristic order is that degrading
\nSavant back from Naib Khangi Karbhariship to Chitnishood & ordering Mohite to make a tippan as to whether his allowance
\nshould be continued or not. “His Highness thinks it should not, but still the K.K. should make a tippan about it.” Again if
\ntranslated this might run, “I sentence the criminal in the dock to six months’ hard labour and the jury may now consider whether
\nhe should have been sentenced or not.” The latest trouble is about “unnecessary tongas” from Murree to Srinagar; yet the
\nMaharaja was assured that if he insisted upon starting at once, there was no other course open, and at the time he promised
\nto sanction any expense entailed. Now that he has had his own convenience satisfied, he chooses not to remember that he ever
\npromised anything of the sort, so that he may have the pitiful satisfaction of venting his illtemper on innocent people. He has also
\nordered that no one shall receive special bhutta at a hill-station, unless the matter is brought to his notice and he is personally
\nsatisfied that prices are higher than in Baroda. Where will all this shopkeeping unprinceliness & petty-fogging injustice end? <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAshudada sent Visvas’ son Hemchandra with a note to me; the lad is a young Hercules five foot ten in height & monstrous in
\nmuscle with a roaring voice and continual outbursts of boisterous laughter
\nover anything in the shape of a joke good or bad \u2014
\na fine specimen of the outlander Bengali. His companion, a Kaviraj, rejoices in the name of Satyendranath Banerji Kobirunjun
\nand is something of an ass & much of a coward, but not a bad fellow withal. We adjourned in a body, Sardesai, Ambegavkar,
\n\t\t\tDr.. Balabhai, myself & the two Bengalis to the Maharaja’s
\n\t\t\tgreen-cushioned boat & set out on the broad bosom of Lake Dal and
\nthrough the lock & a canal into the Jhelum. The boatman swore that we should get drowned if we shot the lock, but Hem Babu
\nthough he admitted there might be a little danger, insisted on having it done. In the result we only shipped a little water which
\nsought the left leg of my trousers as naturally as a bird seeks   <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 <\/font>17<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

its nest, but the Kaviraj was in a terrible fright & clamoured protestation till we were right in the swirl of the waters. The
\nwater was lined with houseboats of the ogre-monkeys in some of which there were marvellous specimens of Cashmeri beauty.
\nAfter a visit to Ashu & then to the hospital, \u2014 where I found I turned the scale at 113, my old weight, and reached the height
\nof 5 ft 5 in my shoes \u2014 we adjourned through the rain to Hem Babu’s house. There we [met]1<\/font><\/sup> his father, the genial & hearty
\nReception Officer, tall & robust in build, with a fine largely cut jovial face
\nand a venerable beard, and several other Bengalis \u2014
\nlet me see if I can remember their names, Chunilal Ray of the Foreign Office, with a face of pure Indo-Afghan type looking
\nmore the Punjabi or Cashmeri than a Babu, Gurucharan Dhar, a pleader, Bhabani Babu of the Commissariat, another of the
\nCommissariat, and a certain Lolit Babu, of I know not where. No, I shall never be any good at remembering names. The tea
\nwas execrable but the cigarettes & the company were good.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAfterwards the carriage took us through the streets of the
\ntown & then, the coachman being unable or unwilling to find his way out, back the same way. The streets are very narrow and the
\nhouses poor & rickety, though occasionally picturesque, being built impartially of bricks, stones or other material imposed &
\nintersticed irregularly & without cement, cobbled in fact rather than built. The windows are usually plastered with paper
\n\u2014 for
\nthe sake of privacy, I suppose, \u2014 but it must make the rooms very dingy & gloomy. The roofs are often grown over with
\na garden of grasses & wildflowers, making a very pretty effect. The Maharaja’s palace by the river in the true quaint Hindu way
\nof building was the one building which struck me in Srinagar, \u2014 how much superior to the pretentious monstrosities of architecture at Luxmivilas Palace! This drive has finally completed and confirmed my observations of Cashmeri beauty. The men in
\nthe country parts are more commonly handsome than the town people & the Hindus than the Mohamedans. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t1 MS <\/i>might  
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 <\/font>18<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n Information Supplied to the King’s College Register<\/i>
\n\t<\/a> <\/b> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[1] <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Answers (on right) to questions in a form received in 1903<\/i>]<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\tKING’S COLLEGE REGISTER
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tPARTICULARS DESIRED.<\/b><\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tINFORMATION.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

 <\/td>\n

\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Name. <\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Ghose <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Christian name or names.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Aravind. Acroyd.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Any additional title (e.g. The Reverend) if any.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t None  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Name and address of Father living or deceased.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Dr. Krishnadhan Ghose. Civil  Surgeon 
\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t deceased\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t Name of School or where educated before
\n\t\t\t\tUniversity.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t St Paul’s School  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t School Honours. <\/td>\n

\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t (a) In Athletics <\/td>\n

\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t (b) In Learning<\/td>\n

\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t University and College athletic distinctions
\n\t\t\t\twith dates.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t None.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t University and College prizes and
\n\t\t\t\tscholarships with dates.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t Senior Classical Scholarship 1884 
\n\t\t\t\tCollege Prizes for Greek Iambics  and Latin Hexameters.
\n\t\t\t\t1890 (?) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t Cambridge University triposes and degrees,
\n\t\t\t\tand dates thereof.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t Classical Tripos 1892.  <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t First Class Third Division  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t Other degrees and dates thereof. <\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t None <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t College fellowship and offices (if any) with
\n\t\t\t\tdates.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\t None <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

     <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 <\/font>19<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\n\t\t\t Short particulars of career from date of first
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdegree to present time with business, profession,
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tparticulars of publications, political and other
\n\t\t\t\t\t\thonours. etc.<\/td>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

Entered H.H. the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda’s service Feb [1893].2<\/font><\/sup> 
\nFor the greater part of the time 
\non special duty. Lecturer in 
\nFrench for three years and 
\nAssistant Professor of English for 
\ntwo years in the Baroda College <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Date of marriage (if any) and maiden name of Wife.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t [April]3<\/font><\/sup> 1901. Mrinalini Bose.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Present occupation (if any).<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t H.H the Maharaja Gaekwar’s Service, at present Secretary (acting). <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Present permanent address.<\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Racecourse Road. Baroda  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Clubs. <\/td>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t Baroda Officer’s Club. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Baroda Gymkhana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

 Signed <\/i>Aravind. A. Ghose <\/p>\n

\n

Date <\/i>16th Sept. 1903. <\/p>\n

\n

Srinagar. Cashmere. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t2 MS <\/i>1903. <\/font> See Table 1, page 565. \u2014 Ed.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t3 MS <\/i>June. See Table 1, page 565.
\n\u2014 Ed.<\/i>
\n  
\n<\/font> <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 <\/font>20<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

[2] <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Corrections made in 1928 to the printed entry of 1903<\/i>] <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\tKING’S COLLEGE REGISTER. <\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\tOld Entry <\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ghose, Aravinda Acroyd: son of Dr. Krishnadhan Ghose, late <\/p>\n

of Khulna, Bengal, India. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\tSchool<\/i>, St Paul’s. <\/p>\n

\n\tAdmitted <\/i>11 Oct. 1890; Scholar; Prizeman; 1st <\/p>\n

Class Classical Tripos, Part I., 1892; <\/p>\n

in H.H. the Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda’s service <\/p>\n

\n\t*since Feb. 1903; now acting secretary. <\/strike><\/p>\n

\n\tMarried<\/i>, June 1901, Mrinalini Bose. <\/p>\n

\n\tAddress<\/i>: Racecourse Road, Baroda. <\/strike><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\tCorrections of above Entry.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t*from Feb 1893 to 1905; Professor of English and Vice-Principal, Baroda College.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

\nAdditional Information up to Date.
\n\t<\/b> <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPrincipal, National College, Calcutta, from 1906 to 1908. Editor
\nphilosophical monthly, Arya; (1914 \u00ad 1921). <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\tPresent Permanent Postal Address and designation
\n<\/i>(e.g. The<\/i>
\nRev.<\/i>) <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSri Aurobindo Ghose <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t28 Rue Francois Martin\u00b8 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPondicherry<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSignature <\/i>Aurobindo Ghose. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tDate <\/i>August 31. 1928.  
\n   <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 <\/font>21<\/font><\/p>\n

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