Aurobindo Ghose

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. 

• Death:  Aurobindo Ghose died on December 5, 1950.

Source: PIB