Mrinalini Devi (March 6, 1887–December 17, 1918) The year 2018 was the centenary year of the passing away of Mrinalini Devi, wife of Sri Aurobindo. There is very little known about her except that Sri Aurobindo chose her as his earthly consort. Here are a few details taken from different Read more…
It is a relatively unknown fact that Sri Aurobindo was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize—first for Nobel in Literature in 1943 and second time for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. In 1950, the name of Sri Aurobindo was proposed for the award of Nobel Prize in Literature Read more…
On December 21, 1938, Josephine MacLeod, a friend and American devotee of Swami Vivekananda, wrote to the Mother the following letter. It was about one of Sri Aurobindo’s major experiences of Swami Vivekananda in Alipore Jail, while he was in solitary confinement. Sri Aurobindo revealed that for almost a fortnight Read more…
Mohun Bagan was established on August 15, 1889, in North Calcutta. In 1911, Mohun Bagan created history by becoming the first Indian club to win the IFA Shield (annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association) after defeating East Yorkshire Regiment. It was the first nationalist Indian club to win Read more…
To delude the British colonial administration, Sri Aurobindo often used pseudonyms such as ‘Manik’ and ‘Kali’, both during and after the Bengal revolutionary period between 1901 and 1910. Most of what he wrote as ‘Manik’ went untraceable. Post-1910, from Puducherry, he wrote to his fellow revolutionary Motilal Roy as ‘Kali’. Read more…
The ‘Alipore Bomb Case’ was “the first state trial of any magnitude in India”. The British Government arrested Sri Aurobindo, a prominent Nationalist Leader at the time, Barindra Ghose, and many young revolutionaries. They were charged with “Conspiracy” or “waging war against the King” – the equivalent of high treason Read more…
On August 18, 1910, Sister Nivedita wrote a letter to her friend S. K. Ratcliff in England, and titled it ‘Nationalism My Mother’. In the letter she said, “Arabindo is only praiseworthy as he is the real protagonist of Indian Nationalism. Arabindo Ghose may be said to be the one Read more…