Mullick, S.K. : Probably Dr. Sarat Kumar Mullick (1870-1924), the first to demand a Bengali company in the Bengal Regiment & the Bengal Territorial Force.
... donation of one lakh of rupees was promised by Subodh Chandra Mullick, an affluent and ardent patriot, to found a National College. Through his brother-in-law C.C. Dutt, Subodh Mullick had earlier met Sri Aurobindo, soon becoming one of his closest friends and staunchest supporters in the political field. In making the donation, Subodh Mullick stipulated that Sri Aurobindo should become the Principal of... Subodh and Nirod Mullick as the principal financial supporters. A company was projected and formed, but the paper was financed and kept up meanwhile by Subodh. Bepin Pal who was strongly supported by C.R. Das and others remained as editor. Hemendra Prasad Ghose and Shyam Sundar joined the editorial staff but they could not get on with Bepin Babu and were supported by the Mullicks. Finally, Bepin Pal... guilty of exciting our hatred and ill-feeling.' What a profound impression these articles created! The leading daily English newspaper of that period in India was The Statesman and its editor, S.K. Ratcliffe, later wrote about the Bande Mataram in these terms: It had a full-size sheet, was clearly printed on green paper, was full of leading and special articles written in English with brilliance ...
... political Associate, Raja Subodh Mullick, at his palatial residence, 12 Wellington Street. Perhaps Sri Aurobindo had temporary shelter for a few days at the Yugantar Office at Kanaidhar Lane before he shifted to Subodh Mullick's place. But here too he couldn't make a permanent stay, for that would have proved too embarrassing to the members of Mullick's family. Accordingly, Sri Aurobindo's... to prosecute the paper for its editorial or other articles whether from Sri Aurobindo's or from the pen of any of his three editorial colleagues. It was nevertheless an editor of the Statesman, S.K. Ratcliffe, who aid a "lowing tribute to Sri Aurobindo over forty years later. Writing to the Manchester Guardian in December 1950, Ratcliffe said that he knew Aurobindo Ghose as "a revolutionary... adequate financial and other support. All this was agreed to, and it was also decided to incorporate a Bande Mataram Company to raise the necessary finance. 5 In the meantime, Subodh and Nirod Mullick offered to keep the paper going, and Bepin Pal, enjoying as he did the support of C.R. Das and others, remained editor; but differences unfortunately developed between him and two of the editorial ...
... Aurobindo had hardly anything to do during the whole course of his stay at Baroda, though very occasionally he may have participated in a function in the Palace itself like the reception to Dr. S.K. Mullick.* Sri Aurobindo's most intimate friend at Baroda was Lieutenant Madhavrao Jadhav, who was associated with him in his political ideas and helped him in later years, whenever possible, in his ...
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