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\n\n\n
\nChronology<\/b> of Events
\n\t\t\t(1872-1908) <\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1872 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nAugust 15 –<\/b> Birth in Calcutta.
\n1872-1879<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nAt first in Rangpur, East Bengal; later sent to the Loretto Convent School, Darjeeling.
\n1879 <\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nTaken to England.
\n1879-1884<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn Manchester (84, Shakespeare Street) in the charge of tile Drewett family. Tutored at home by the Drewetts.
\n1884<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSeptember –<\/b> Admitted to St. Paul’s School, London. Takes lodgings at 49, St. Stephen’s Avenue, Shepherd’s Bush, London. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1889<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nDecember<\/b> – Passes Matriculation from St. Paul’s. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1890 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nJuly<\/b> – Admitted as a probationer to the Indian Civil Service.
\nOctober 11 –<\/b> Admitted on a scholarship to King’s College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, joins the Indian Majlis, a student group; makes speeches
\nadvocating Indian freedom. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1892 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nMay <\/b>– Passes the first part of the Classical Tripos, in the First Class.
\nAugust<\/b> – Passes the Indian Civil Service final examination.
\nOctober<\/b>-Leaves Cambridge. Takes lodgings at 6, Burlington Road, London. In London, takes part in the formation of a secret society called the "Lotus and Dagger". <\/font><\/p>\n

\nHas first "pre-yogic" experience, the mental experience of the Atman.
\nNovember<\/b> – Disqualified for the Indian Civil Service due to his failure to take the riding examination.
\nDecember-<\/b> Obtains employment in the service of the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1893<\/b>
\nJanuary 12<\/b>-Leaves England by the S.S. Carthage.<\/i> Travels via Gibraltar, Port Said and Aden. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFebruary 6<\/b> \u2014 Arrives in India, landing at the Apollo Bunder, Bombay.
\nA "vast calm" descends upon him as he sets foot on Indian soil and remains for months afterwards.
\nFebruary 18<\/b> – Officially joins the Baroda State Service; his pay is retroactive to February 8, probable date of his arrival in Baroda.
\nHis first work is in the Land Settlement Department.
\nDuring the first year of his stay in Baroda, has a vision of the Godhead surging up from within him when in danger of a carriage accident.
\nMarch-April<\/b> – Works at translations from the Mahabharata. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage – 177<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nJune<\/b> 26<\/b> – Contributes an article, "India and the British <\/b> Parliament",<\/b> to the
\nIndu Prakash,<\/i> Bombay.
\nAugust 7-March 5, 1894<\/b> – Contributes a series of articles, New<\/i> Lamps for Old,<\/i> to the Indu Prakash.<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1894 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nJuly 16-August 27 <\/b>– Contributes a series of articles on Bankim Chandra
\nChatterii to the Indu Prakash.<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1895<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nPublication of Songs to Myrtilla,<\/i> a collection of poems. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1896<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nProbable year of publication of Urvasie,<\/i> a narrative poem. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1897<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nBegins pan-time work in the Baroda College as a lecturer <\/b>in French. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1898<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nAppointed acting Professor of English in the College. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1899 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nServes as acting Professor of English and lecturer in French.
\nJune-July <\/b>– Writes Low and Death,<\/i> a narrative poem.
\nJuly 22 <\/b>– Lecture at the Baroda College Social Gathering. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1900 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nActing Professor of English in the College.
\nc. 1900 <\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nFirst political move: sends Jatindranath Banerji to Bengal as his lieutenant for
\nthe work of revolutionary organisation and propaganda. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1901 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nChairman of the college debating society.
\nApril 17-<\/b>Transferred from the College to the Revenue. Department, Baroda State.
\nApril 30 <\/b>– Marriage to Mrinalini Bose, eldest daughter of Bhupal Chandra Bose, in Calcutta. Afterwards goes to Nainital <\/b> with Mrinalini <\/b> and his sister Sarojini. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1902
\n<\/b>Works in the office of the Huzur Kamdar <\/b>(aide to the Dewan, the chief  administrative officer of the State).
\nApril 28<\/b> – On privilege leave until May 29.
\nSri Aurobindo uses his leaves and vacations, especially from 1902 onwards, for the organisation of revolutionary action in Bengal.
\nDecember <\/b>– Meeting with Lokmanya Tilak at the Ahmedabad session of the Indian National Congress: <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1902-1903<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nContacts and joins a secret society in western India. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1903 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nJanuary <\/b>– Recommences regular teaching at the Baroda College.
\nFebruary 22 <\/b>– On leave for one month. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMay-August <\/b>– Accompanies the Gaekwar on his <\/b> tour of Kashmir as his Private <\/b>Secretary. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nIn Kashmir on Takht-e-Suleman has an experience of the vacant infinite. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1904<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nWorks as Huzur Kamdar, often doing secretarial <\/b>work for the Gaekwar. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage – 178<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nSeptember<\/b> 28<\/b> \u2014 Directed to leave the Huzur Kamdar’s office and join the College full time.
\nDecember –<\/b> At the Bombay session of the Indian National Congress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1904<\/b>
\nBegins the practice of Yoga. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1905 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nJanuary<\/b> – Assumes the post of Vice-Principal, Baroda College.
\nMarch 3 –<\/b> Becomes acting Principal of the College.
\nOctober 16<\/b> \u2014 The Partition of Bengal becomes an "accomplished fact". Sri Aurobindo writes the pamphlets "No Compromise" and "Bhawani Mandir" during the agitation that precedes the Partition.
\nDecember<\/b> – At the Benares session of the Indian National Congress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1906<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nFebruary 19<\/b> – Takes privilege leave; goes to Bengal.
\nMarch 11 –<\/b> Present at the formation of the National Council of Education in Calcutta.
\nMarch<\/b> 12<\/b> – Declaration of the Yugantar.<\/i> a Bengali weekly. Sri Aurobindo writes some articles in the early numbers of this revolutionary journal and always exercises general control over it.
\nApril<\/b> 14<\/b> \u2014 At the Barisal Conference. Afterwards, makes a political tour of East Bengal with Bepin Chandra Pal.
\nJune<\/b> – Returns to Baroda. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1906 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nJune 19 <\/b>– Takes one year’s leave without pay from Baroda College. Returns to
\nBengal. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n1907 <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nDecember<\/b> 21<\/b> – Leaves Calcutta for Surat, the venue of the 1907 session of the
\nIndian National Congress. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n1908<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

\nJanuary<\/b> – In Baroda. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nMeets Vishnu Bhaskar Lele, a Maharashtrian yogi. Following Lele’s instructions, establishes complete silence of the mind, attaining to the experience of the Silent Brahman or Nirvana.
\nGives three public speeches. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nPeriodicals with which Sri Aurobindo was associated while in Baroda <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\nIndu Prakash<\/i> (English-Marathi Weekly, Bombay) <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo contributed two series of articles to this newspaper, which was
\nedited by his Cambridge friend K.G. Deshpande. New Lamps for Old<\/i> appeared in
\nnine instalments from August 7, 1893 to March 5, 1894. This series was preceded
\nby another political article, "India and the British Parliament" (June 26, 1893).The second series, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee,<\/i> written after the passing of the
\nBengali writer, appeared in seven instalments from July 16 to August 27, 1894. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nYugantar<\/i> (Bengali Weekly, Calcutta) <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nA revolutionary journal started by Sri Aurobindo’s brother Barindra and others
\nin March 1906. Sri Aurobindo wrote articles for some of the earlier issues of the
\npaper, and always exercised general control over it. It ceased publication in May
\n1908. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage – 179<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nREFERENCES <\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\nForeword <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research,<\/i> April 1985, Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 66.
\nRishabhchand, Sri Aurobindo – His Life Unique<\/i> (1981), pp. 14, 27, 28, 46, 49,
\n171. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nArrival in India <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research,<\/i> April 1978, Vol. 2, <\/b>No. 1, pp. 77, 107. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA.B. Purani, The Life of Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1987), pp. 36, 37, 38, 39. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nK.R. Srinivasa lyengar, Sri Aurobindo\u2014a biography and a history<\/i> (1985), pp. 44. 46. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNirodbaran, Talks with Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1966), p. 191. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRishabhchand, Sri Aurobindo – His Life Unique<\/i> (1981), <\/b>pp. 12, -15. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nPersonal and Family Life <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research,<\/i> April 1981, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 85,86. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA.B. Purani, The Life of Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1987), pp. <\/b>38,43,44,45,46,47,50,61,62. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nK.R. Srinivasa lyengar, Sri Aurobindo – a biography and a history<\/i> <\/b>(1985), pp. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 64, 65. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNirodbaran, Mrinalini Devi<\/i> (1988), pp. 2, 8, 9, 11-21, 24-29. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRishabhchand, Sri Aurobindo – His Life Unique<\/i> (1981), pp. 26, 27, 45. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nAs a Teacher <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research,<\/i> December 1978, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 217-20. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA.B. Purani, The Life of Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1987), pp. 45, 47, 48, 57, <\/b>58. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nK.R. Srinivasa lyengar, Sri Aurobindo – a biography and a history<\/i> (1985), pp. 49-57. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRishabhchand, Sri Aurobindo – His Life Unique<\/i> (1981), pp. 5, 28, 29. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSABCL, Vol. 8, pp. 359, 362, 371, 378, 382; Vol. 26, pp. 9, 252-3. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPolitical Life<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research<\/i> April 1979, Vol. 3, No. <\/b> 1, p. 114. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA.B. Purani, The Life of Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1987). pp. 48, 49, 50-56, 60, 64-79, 85, 86. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nK.R. Srinivasa lyengar, Sri Aurobindo – a biography and a history<\/i> (1985), <\/b>pp. 59- 60. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nNirodbaran, Talks with Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1966), <\/b>p. 58. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRishabhchand, Sri Aurobindo – His Life Unique<\/i> <\/b>(1981), pp. 46. 47, 49, 107-8. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSABCL, Vol. 26, pp. 14, 16, 23, 43. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\nSpiritual Life – Experiences <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research,<\/i> <\/b>December 1978, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 209- 210; December 1980, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 220-21. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nA.B. <\/b> Purani, The Life of Sri Aurobindo<\/i> (1987), <\/b>pp. 51, 52, 57-60, 87, 97-104.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage – 180<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nK.R. Srinivasa lyengar, Sri Aurobindo – a biography and a history<\/i> (1985), pp. 45, 47, 60, 63, 64. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nRishabhchand, Sri Aurobindo – His Life Unique<\/i> (1981), pp. <\/b>32, 33. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSABCL, Vol. 26, pp. 79. 82, 84, 116, 163; Vol. 5, pp. 139, 161; Vol. 22, p. 121; Vol. 26, p. 50. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nPostscript<\/b> <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo: Archives and Research,<\/i> April 1985, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 70-71; April
\n1986, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 99-102. <\/font><\/p>\n

\nSri Aurobindo – A Life Sketch and His Teaching,<\/i> Sri Aurobindo’s Action, No. 19
\n(1971), p. 29. <\/font><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPage – 181<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nSri Aurobindo came to tell us: "One need not leave
\nthe earth to find the Truth, one need not leave the
\nlife to find his soul, one need not abandon the world
\nor have only limited beliefs to enter into relation
\nwith the Divine. The Divine is everywhere, in
\neverything and if He is hidden, it is because we do
\nnot take the trouble to discover Him.\u201d<\/i><\/font>
\n<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\n\u2014 The Mother<\/i> <\/font>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

\n

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

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