Sri Aurobindo's Birthplace
Sri Aurobindo was born on August 15, 1872 at No. 4 Theatre Road. This property is now known as 'Sri Aurobindo Bhavan', which came into being through a Government Act in 1972...
Bengal National College
1906
Bengal National College started with Sri Aurobindo as its first Principal on 15.Aug.1906. Sri Aurobindo attached much importance to National education and included it as part of the new Nationalist Party's programme...
'Bande Mataram' newspaper
1906-08
'Bande Mataram' was an English newspaper edited by Sri Aurobindo. It was almost unique in journalistic history in the influence it exercised in converting the mind of a people and preparing it for revolution...
Congress Split at Surat
Dec. 1907
Sri Aurobindo presided over the Nationalist Conference at Surat in 1907 where in the forceful clash of two equal parties - the Moderates and the Nationalists - the Congress was broken to pieces...
Realization of 'Nirvana'
Jan. 1908
Sri Aurobindo realized Nirvana or Silent Brahman Consciousness in January 1908. This experience turned out to be the beginning of a greater realisation...
Alipore Bomb Case
1908-09
Alipore Bomb case was a historic trial in which the British Government tried to implicate Sri Aurobindo in various revolutionary activities...
As a Prisoner
May 1908-May 1909
Sri Aurobindo spent one year in Presidency Jail as an under-trial prisoner in the Alipore Bomb Case. He was kept in solitary confinement for certain periods...
Cosmic Consciousness
1908-09
Sri Aurobindo realized Cosmic consciousness and the Divine as all beings and all that is, during his confinement at Presidency Jail as an undertrial prisoner...
'Karmayogin' newspaper
1909-10
Karamayogin was a weekly journal in English started by Sri Aurobindo as a review of National Religion, Literature, Science, Philosophy etc...
Departure from Calcutta
1910
Sri Aurobindo departed from Calcutta on the strength of an 'Adesha' (Divine command) from above, first to Chandernagore and then to Pondicherry...
