Context
- 150th birth anniversary of Aurobindo Ghose will be observed on 15th August.
About Aurobindo Ghose
- Popularly known as yogi Rishi Aurobindo.
- a revolutionary, nationalist, poet, educationist and philosopher.
- Birth: August 15, 1872.
- At the age of seven he was taken to England for education.
- Contributions:
- He became a state service officer on his return to India in 1893.
- He worked as a professor at Baroda College.
- Revolutionary:
- He also joined a revolutionary society and took a leading role in secret preparations for an uprising against the British Government in India.
- 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.
- He was the first proponent of ‘Purna Swaraj’ more than 20 years before the Indian National Congress’ declaration in 1930.
- Literary works:
- He was also a journalist and his first philosophical magazine called Arya was published in 1914.
- Among his many writings are The Life Divine, The Synthesis of Yoga and Savitri.
- He was also a journalist and his first philosophical magazine called Arya was published in 1914.
- He became a state service officer on his return to India in 1893.
- Death: Aurobindo Ghose died on December 5, 1950.
Source: PIB
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