Fraser, Sir Andrew : Henderson Leith Fraser (1848-1919): ICS 1871: Officiating Secretary Home Dept., GoI, 1898-9: Chief Commissioner C.P., 1899: hinted at the severance of Orissa from Bengal & its tagging on to Central Provinces, Feb.1901: President of Indian Police Commission 1902-3: Lt.-Gov. Bengal Nov. 1903 to Nov. 1908: K.C.S.I. (Knight Commander of the Star of India) 1903 for his advice to transfer Dacca & Mymensingh districts & Chittagong division from Bengal to Assam – said to be “the real genesis of the partition of Bengal” which took place in 1905. It resulted in two attempts on his life: 6 Dec. 1907 & on 7 Nov. 1908. [Buckland]
... Government, 508; unity of spirit and culture, 509; Yuga Sandhya of a new India, 509; renaissance in India, 509; compared with the Celtic & Japanese, 510; a future for India, 510-1 Fraser, Sir Andrew, 246fn Fry, Christopher, 147 Fuller, Sir Bamfylde, 204, 224, 248 Future Poetry, The, 404,448,511,610ff; the mantra, 610-1, 612; the poetic word, 611; the poet as seer ...
... Editorship of Sri Aurobindo 24.Oct.1906 - 27.May.1907 Bande Mataram Sir Andrew Fraser 30-October-1906 We are assured by the Hindu Patriot which has always played the part [of a] demi-official organ of Sir Andrew Fraser's Government, that Sir Andrew "has not the remotest idea of laying down the reins of his office before time"—and like the old man... all remains of thee!" We are told by this connoisseur of sound administration "that its interests are safe in the hands of Sir Andrew Fraser." At least the interests of the Patriot are. We are next assured that Sir Andrew "loves the people, and the people love him". Sir Andrew may love the people,—he must love the post and the pay to come back after repeated rebuffs. But why talk of the people's love ...
... simultaneously? Let the future historian of our own times note that it was he who accompanied, though suffering from high fever, Sir Andrew Fraser to Bombay when the latter went to England on leave; and it was he again who fell ill when accompanying Page 690 Sir Lancelot Hare to Shillong. He should further note that this amiable Editor is now at Darjeeling, no doubt busy advising the Bengal... Pioneer being still recognised as the organ of Anglo Indian officialdom. For who is there so ignorant of things as not to know that since the assumption of the reins of the Bengal Government by Sir Andrew Fraser the Hindu Patriot has conveniently combined the functions of the apologist in ordinary to the Bengal Government with those of the organ of the British Indian Association; and like the clever ...
... Book Two Book Two Bande Mataram under the Editorship of Sri Aurobindo 28.May-22.Dec.1907 Bande Mataram Phrases by Fraser 13-August-1907 Sir Andrew Fraser has been receiving addresses from his loyal subjects of West Bengal and oratorising in answer. He has, among other things, discovered a surprising amity between the Hindus and Mahomedans in Burdwan... We all know how and by what agencies it was created and fostered. Sir Andrew however has made another and far more startling discovery,—he has discerned the quality of enlightened public spirit in the Maharaja of Burdwan. The natural wonder and excitement awakened by this remarkable find fades away when one realises that what Sir Andrew means by enlightenment is that luminous quality of spirit which ...
... bitters. Babu Bhupendranath, however, insists on dealing with Sir Andrew Fraser like a father, and when he makes wry faces at the medicine, treats him to a painful and public spanking—whereupon Sir Andrew responds with a backhander in Bhupen Babu's fatherly face. The whole affair was most exquisitely ludicrous and futile. But Sir Andrew's was a nasty and stinging backhander! Page 309 ... of the Moderate caucus, it was really the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal to whom we listened and by whose counsel we were guided. The voice was the voice of Bhupen, but the thought was the thought of Andrew. These be thy gods, O Israel! Page 310 ...
... days of Fullerism are being repeated. Honour is not safe in East Bengal, nor is the person. And a fresh outburst of repressive measures is likely to take place in West Bengal as the result of Sir Andrew Fraser's visit to Simla. And Mr. Newman of the Englishman is persistently pressing the Government "to arrest and report (deport?) certain persons and shut up certain printing presses in Calcutta". The ...
... conspiracy. Now one of the charges against a Punjab accused is that he wrote impugning the character of the subordinate police service—just like the Indian Daily News or Sir Andrew Fraser. We would suggest that Sir Andrew Fraser should be arrested in England and brought here to answer to the outraged police for the remarks passed by the Police Commission. The reasoning is perfectly fair. Any strong... Letter to Lord Morley is seditious. We are almost afraid to go on, lest, finally, we should end by proving that the Englishman itself is an intolerably seditious rag,—for does it not try to bring Sir Edward Baker and the Government generally into contempt by intimating genially that they are liars, idiots and good-for-nothing Page 406 weaklings,—in connection with the Reforms and their ...
... way would be to make him see Sir Andrew Fraser who might then think that Dutt was quite innocent. Dutt had to be coaxed to agree but on the condition that he would only see him in his Bengali dress and wouldn't wait in the Governor's ante-chamber. It was agreed. Dutt then put on a dirty dhoti and shirt and kept his slippers on. In that condition he went straight to Fraser whose legs were shaking out... bodyguard stood behind Fraser with a revolver pointed at Dutt. Dutt could even see the metallic point of the revolver. SRI AUROBINDO ( laughing ): Nonsense. He could see the metallic point of his own imagination. PURANI: After the interview, while he was coming, he said, "My father has asked me to offer his thanks to you," to which Fraser laughed aloud. SRI AUROBINDO: What has Fraser got to do with... with his job? He was at Bombay. PURANI: Perhaps Fraser could cast some influence. SRI AUROBINDO: You don't know Dutt's other story? What Fraser said about me? PURANI: No. SRI AUROBINDO: Fraser, after seeing me in jail, said to Dutt, "I have seen him. He has the eyes of a madman." Dutt replied, "No, he has the eyes of a Karmayogi." ( Laughter ) NIRODBARAN: Dutt wanted to write to Mother ...
... character of the effusion has been emphasized by the difficulties and vicissitudes which it had to go through before it saw the light. Conceived in the Black and White Club, begotten, it is said, by Sir Andrew Fraser on the brain of Mr. Blair, the first attempt at delivery with Sjt. Pradyot Kumar Tagore as midwife ended in an abortion. Even the second time with an older and more experienced hand at work the ...
... fight. Behold, the glooms Page 239 Are over! See, our conquering Suren comes! Dream not that when I talk of scars and fighting, I really mean King Edward to go smiting And bundle dear Sir Andrew out of Ind. Nothing, nothing like that is in the wind. Ah no! what has not Britain done for us? Were we not savage, naked, barbarous? Has she not snatched and raised us from the mire? Taught... capacious brain the first did tax. Behold the great result! Apollo Paean! The holy club, the Indo-European! Approach, approach the holy precincts, come And chat with Risley of affairs at home; With Fraser arm-in-arm like friends we'll walk, To Luson and to Lee familiarly talk. Mind! trousers and a hat. They keep good whiskey And we shall feel particularly frisky. As for Comilla, it was sad and bad... with the hangman's lariat. Fie, sirs! that we should be confused with the mob, We who with Viceroys and great men hobnob! To be mistook,—Oh faugh! for the mere people, Things that eat common food and water tipple, Page 240 Mere men, mere flesh and blood!—we, the elect, The aristocracy of intellect To be thus levelled with the stinking crowd! No, sirs, I dare pronounce it very loud ...
... her, rather she would herself be the power behind the throne. This confidence has received a rude and startling shock. Hence her rage and outcry, hence this howling of wolves for the blood of Sir Andrew Fraser. What Anglo-India is fighting for is the independence of the Anglo-Indian Press, and that only as part of the Anglo-Indian supremacy. She is fighting for her exemption from the laws and the a... Daily News is, we are told, to come off in the Town Hall. We can have no possible objection so long as our only share in this civil strife is to look on as interested spectators and shout "Charge, Fraser, charge! On, Digby, on!" according as our sympathies are enlisted on one side or the other by the merits of the case or our personal predilections or the gallant bearing of the high and mighty combatants ...
... the country." The Government continued to look upon him with suspicion, and the police kept him under strict surveillance. His acquittal had in no way allayed their fear. Sir Andrew Page 518 Fraser, the Lt. Governor of Bengal, went on pestering Lord Minto, the Viceroy to again deport Arabindo Ghose. The information gleaned from British intelligence reports, he claimed, had... paid for nothing." So, was it not surer, argued the bureaucrats, to arrest and deport him ... to the Andamans where his brother and colleagues in revolution were rotting? By that time Sir Edward Baker had replaced Sir Andrew as the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. The new incumbent began giving his most close and careful attention to the situation. He was convinced that after his release, Arabindo Ghose... Arabindo Ghose had been the 'ring-leader' of a band of anarchists as early as 1900, if not earlier; the man was the 'principal advisor' of the revolutionary party. "It is of utmost importance," urged Sir Andrew, "to arrest his potential for mischief, for he is the prime mover, and can easily get tools, one to replace another." Already, on 19 May 1908, just after the arrests, he had written to Minto, "There ...
... year's desperate fight. Behold, the glooms Are over! See, our conquering Suren comes! Dream not that when I talk of scars and fighting, I really mean King Edward to go smiting And bundle dear Sir Andrew out of Ind. Nothing, nothing like that is in the wind. Ah no! what has not Britain done for us? Were we not savage, naked, barbarous? Has she not snatched and raised us from the mire? Taught... capacious brain the first did tax. Behold the great result! Apollo Paean! The holy club, the Indo-European! Approach, approach the holy precincts, come And chat with Risley of affairs at home; With Fraser arm-in-arm like friends we'll walk, To Luson and to Lee familiarly talk. Mind! trousers and a hat. They keep good whiskey And we shall feel particularly frisky. As for Comilla, it was sad and bad... throttled with the hangman's lariat. Fie, sirs! that we should be confused with the mob, We who with Viceroys and great men hobnob! To be mistook,—Oh faugh! for the mere people, Things that eat common food and water tipple, Mere men, mere flesh and blood!—we, the elect, The aristocracy of intellect To be thus levelled with the stinking crowd! No, sirs, I dare pronounce it very loud, We are the ...
... [.....] nettle firmly in the hope that prompt measures might crash if not root out the growing evil. With a Fraser and a Fuller holding the bureaucratic sceptre there could be little doubt which of the two alternatives would recommend itself to the authorities. Sir Andrew Fraser, hampered with the traditions of legality and bureaucratic formalism, has begun cautiously, thundering loudly but sparing ...
... incident and the Allen affair fell quite flat. He discovered a distinct attempt made to shield the wrong-doers. This is a charge against the police to which we invite the prompt attention of Sir Andrew Fraser. Mr. Summons ought to be called upon either to substantiate his allegation against the Lieutenant-Governor's friends or withdraw it. Such was the feast of fancy and the flow of soul which came ...
... doctrines to him personally in a greater degree than to any other single individual in Bengal, or possibly in India." In a confidential note of 19 May 1908, the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir Andrew Fraser, said that the public Page 456 records which he had collected, "make him the undisputed leader of the Bengal revolutionaries." The Movement must be throttled. The 'most... Lord Morley, the Secretary of State for India, used another adjective: "the redoubtable Arabinda." Sir Edward Baker, the Governor of Bengal, regarded Sri Aurobindo as "one of the most dangerous factors in the present situation...." When Minto transmitted the opinion of the Secretary of State to Sir Edward, he protested, saying that there was no reason to show any favour to "our most conspicuous and ...
... Sri Aurobindo asked for the Gita and the Upanishads. It was at an identification parade that Sejda saw Bari ! They had not met since their arrest. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, Sir Andrew Fraser, once went to see 'the most dangerous man' in the jail, soon after the imprisonment of the accused. In later years Sri Aurobindo, in one of his numerous anecdotes, said, "He visited me in Alipore ...
... was to be a cricket match to which Sir Andrew Fraser was to come, but he didn't turn up because he suspected something So the thing didn't come off. When Dutt met Chaki the next time at Darjeeling— SRI AUROBINDO: Charu Dutt seems to be everywhere. Yet I never knew that he was actually in the movement. Next? SATYENDRA: He must have been playing a big role, Sir. NIRODBARAN: Just to test him Dutt... character which I never had. NIRODBARAN: At last you said, "Charu I give it up". SRI AUROBINDO: Good Lord! I don't remember having any argument and saying that. SATYENDRA: But he remembers, Sir. (Laughter) NIRODBARAN: Though the scheme was given up, Barin and Upen were going ahead in Maniktala training boys in Yoga, Oh yes, when I told him that yesterday he said that you were at Calcutta... Dutt come to my house? Where was he then? Of course, I would have given that answer if I had been asked. God knows where he has got all this from. SATYENDRA: Must be out of his own fertile brain. Sir. NIRODBARAN: The boy himself was called and asked his opinion. He said, pointing to you— SRI AUROBINDO: Me? Good Lord! I had nothing to do with them. It was all Barin's work. I never knew who these ...
... offence against the Government? Only this, - it had attacked the existing system of Government and advocated a radical and revolutionary change "on grounds of historical experience, * Sir Andrew Fraser the Lt. Governor wrote to Minto on 12 September: "We cannot catch him [Pal] for his speech; but an Indian Magistrate has given him six months for silence!" (Quoted from the Minto Papers... servants and cannot help ministering to its divine purpose. Was nationalism no more than a counsel of despair, the illegitimate issue of Lord Curzon, helped to birth by the skilful midwifery of Sir Bampfylde Fuller (Lieutenant-Governor of East Bengal)? No, a thousand times no: Long before the advent of Curzonism and Fullerism, while the Congress was beslavering the present absolutist... of events and their bearings. Neither Chatham nor Wilberforce nor even Mr. Gladstone stood by him with their enlightened statesmanship when he gave his seal of approval to the despotic acts of Sir Denzil Ibbetson. Chatham... rose from his sick-bed, was literally carried to the House, entered his last protest against the employment of German mercenaries for suppressing the natural aspirations ...
... stretched before me a year's imprisonment during which period all my human relationships would cease, that for a whole year I would have to live beyond the pale of society, * The Lt. Governor, Andrew Fraser, also wrote on the same day to the same effect to Minto: "He is the ring leader. He is able, cunning, fanatical.... But he has kept himself, like a careful and valued General, out of sight of... There were also certain other encounters and experiences. Sir Edward Baker, the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, after a visit to the Alipur Jail where he happened to see Sri Aurobindo, told Charu Chandra Dutt: "Have you seen Arabinda Ghose's eyes? He has the eyes of a mad man!", and Dutt had to take great pains to convince Sir Edward that Arabinda wasn't mad at all but was really a true Karma... preordained configuration and conclusion. Curzon had divided Bengal, and injured and insulted a great nation; and, by a strange irony of history, his successor Minto was called upon to face the music. As Sir Pratap Singh, a titled dignitary of the time, put it with charming naïveté, "Lord Curzon has strewn Lord Minto's bed with thorns, and he must lie on them." 1 "Sedition" was divined here - there - ...
... in the forefront of all, advising seditious writing and authorizing murder. But he has kept himself, like a careful and valued general, out of sight of the “enemy.”’ Thus wrote none less than Sir Andrew Fraser, the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. 53 On 30 May a transformed Aurobindo gave his first speech after his liberation at Uttarpara, a small town on the banks of the Ganges north of Calcutta... suddenly grown furious when Manmohan, weary of her bigotry, insulted Moses, and she had thrown the three brothers out of her house. James Cotton had become acquainted with them through his father in India, Sir Henry, who was a friend of their father. Cotton paid Benoybhusan five shillings a week to assist him in his job as Secretary of the South Kensington Liberal Club. He also allowed the brothers to stay ...
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