Thursday, July 19, 2007

Aurobindo Ghose was in Alipore jail for a year

The commemorative plate at the Alipore Court reads:

IN THIS ROOM WAS HELD

IN 1908-09

THE HISTORIC TRIAL OF FIGHTERS

FOR

INDIAS EMANCIPATION

INCLUDING

SRI AUROBINDO

THE PROPHET OF LIFE DIVINE

“HE WILL BE LOOKED UPON AS THE POET OF

PATRIOTISM, THE PROPHET OF NATIONALISM,

AND THE LOVER OF HUMANITY. HIS WORDS WILL BE ECHOED AND RE-ECHOED NOT ONLY IN INDIA

BUT ACROSS THE DISTANT SEAS AND LANDS”


SRI CHITTARANJAN DAS,

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE
sheila.rediffiland.com/Thursday 19 July, 2007

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