![]() ![]() ![]() He was released when no evidence could be provided, following the murder of a prosecution witness, Narendranath Goswami, during the trial. However, Sri Aurobindo could only be convicted and imprisoned for writing articles against British colonial rule in India. He was arrested in the aftermath of a number of bombings linked to his organization in a public trial where he faced charges of treason for Alipore Conspiracy. After returning to India he took up various civil service works under the Maharaja of the Princely state of Baroda and became increasingly involved in nationalist politics in the Indian National Congress and the nascent revolutionary movement in Bengal with the Anushilan Samiti. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British colonial rule, until 1910 was one of its influential leaders, and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.Īurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's College, Cambridge, England. He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as Vande Mataram. Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. ![]()
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