Scott’s Lane : a lane in central Calcutta near Sealdah where Sri Aurobindo lived from February to April 1908 (at No. 23). The Scott whose fame dignifies this street was doubtless David Scott (1786-1831) in whose memory the Supreme Govt. at Calcutta erected a monument & declared him ‘indeed a second Cleveland’. Like Augustus Cleveland (1755-84) collector & judge of Bhagalpur (q.v.), Monghyr & Rājmahal districts, Scott ‘accomplished the entire subjection of the lawless & savage inhabitants of the jungle-territory, who had long infested the neighbouring lands by their predatory incursions, attached them to the British Govt. by a conquest over their minds, the most permanent as the most rational mode of dominations’. Scott began his career as judge & magistrate at Purnea 1812-3, rising to A.G.G. (Agent of Gov.-General) on the N.E. frontier of Bengal & Commissioner of Revenue & Circuit in the districts of Assam, N.E. Rangpur, Shirpur, & Sylhet. He arranged for Christian missionaries to move into Upper & Lower Assam to convert the locals in his domain, after he had terrorised the Garos, & open a school for the ‘conquest over their minds, the most permanent as the most rational mode of dominations’. He also coerced the Khāsias into signing a treaty benefiting the British at their expense. When, in April 1831, the Khāsias retaliated &, in spite of suffering heavy losses due to their inferior weapons, killed two of his brutal officers, Scott escaped & returned with more fire-power to punish the entire community. [Vide Buckland; s/a Bhagalpur]
... indebted to Lele and acknowledged his debt with deep gratitude. In March (most probably) Lele returned to Bombay. After returning to Calcutta from western India, Sri Aurobindo took a room at 23, Scotts Lane. It was here that he met Amarendranath Chatterji, afterwards a well-known revolutionary leader. The interview for giving Amar the initiation was arranged by Upendranath Banerjee. Amar wrote in 1950... Diksha moulded his life. He was given the work of collecting money for the maintenance of the young men of the party. On 17th February 1908 Sri Aurobindo wrote a letter to Mrinalini Devi. 23 Scott's Lane, Calcutta. 17th Feb 1908 ² Dear Mrinalini, I have not written to you for a long time. This is my eternal failing; if you do not pardon me out of your own goodness, what shall I do... Sange Sakshatkar", pp. 818-19 ². The manuscript of this letter bears the date 17 February 1907. This is evidently a slip. In February 1907 Sri Aurobindo was staying in Deoghar. The house in Scott's Lane does not seem to have been taken till after Sri Aurobindo's return from Surat in February 1908. In 1909 the judge in the Alipore bomb case, evaluating the letter as evidence, said of it, "dated ...
... chaps had seen him precisely during that period in Scott's Lane and Harrison Road, one could not but feel a little uneasy. And when Birendrachandra Sen, of Sylhet, while he was physically present at Baniachung, at his father's place, became visible in his subtle body to the occult vision of the C.I.D. at the Garden and Scott's Lane - of which Scott's Lane Birendra knew nothing, as was proved conclusively... conclusively in the written evidence - the doubts could not but deepen, especially when those who had never set their foot in Scott's Lane were informed that the police had often found them trfcre, in the circumstances a little suspicion seemed not unnatural. A witness from Midnapore - whom the accused persons from Midnapore however described as a secret service agent — said that he had seen Hemchandra Sen ...
... in young minds through his presence and the power of his words which acted as mantra. Meanwhile, at Barin's request, Lele visited Calcutta. He called on Sri Aurobindo at his residence at 23 Scott's Lane and when he inquired about Sri Aurobindo's yoga he was astonished to hear that Sri Aurobindo had given up meditation and other yogic practices. Lele said that the devil had caught hold of Sri Aurobindo... Aurobindo had gone far beyond the depth of an experienced yogi like Lele. Barin had another purpose in inviting Lele to Calcutta. Some time before this Barin had left Sri Aurobindo's residence at Scott's Lane and moved to Maniktolla Gardens in Muraripukur, North Calcutta. This was a piece of ancestral property, about two and half acres in extent, which was more of a jungle than a garden and had a small... message, the police raided the place on May 2, 1908, arrested the occupants and seized the tell-tale materials. Meanwhile, Sri Aurobindo had shifted residence. On April 28, he had moved from 23 Scott's Lane to 48 Grey Street which also housed the office of the Bengali paper Navashakti. Here, in the early hours of May 2, 1908, Sri Aurobindo was sleeping peacefully, when the police entered in force ...
... charge of the Bengali daily Navashakti, and just on 30 April —the day of the failed attempt on Kingsford's life—had moved with his family —wife, sister and aunt Lajjabati—from his rented house in Scott's Lane, to the newspaper office at 48 Grey Street. Abinash Bhattacharya lived on the ground floor while the family occupied the first floor. It was there, just two days later, that before daybreak ...
... Dangerous Man Barin reports that he called Lele to Calcutta for his own sadhana, as well as for training and giving initiation to his boys. Lele came in February 1908 and put up at Sejda's Scott's Lane house. He even went one day to Belur Math and sat in meditation with Swami Brahmananda. He also met Baba Bharati. But it seems that Lele "knew the man by the dress" only ! Lele also used to think ...
... উঠিব না, তবে কলিকাতায় গিয়ে দেখি ৷ এটাও হতে পারে, সরােজিনী যদি আসামে যেতে চায়, বারি দিয়ে দিতে পারে, আমি এক মাস পরে গিয়ে আনিতে পারি ৷ কলিকাতায় গিয়ে ঠিক করিব ৷ শ্রীঅরবিন্দ ঘােষ 23 Scott's Lane Calcutta 17th February, 1907. 1 প্রিয় মৃণালিনী, অনেক দিন চিঠি লিখি নাই, সেই আমার চিরন্তন অপরাধ, তাহার জন্য তুমি নিজ গুণে ক্ষমা না করিলে, আমার আর উপায় কি? যাহা মজ্জাগত তাহা এক দিনে... থাকিতে পারেন আমি যতদিন কংগ্রেসে থাকি ৷ আমি আজ মেদিনীপুরে যাব ৷ ফিরে এসে এখানকার সব ব্যবস্থা করে সুরাটে যাব ৷ হয়ত 15th or 16thই যাওয়া হইবে ৷ জানুয়ারি ২রা তারিখে ফিরিয়া আসিব ৷ তাে— 23 Scott's Lane, Calcutta 21-2-08 প্রিয়তমা মৃণালিনী, কলেজের মাইনে পেতে দেরি হবে বলে রাধাকুমুদ মুখার্জীর কাছে পঞ্চাশ টাকা ধার করিয়া পাঠাইলাম ৷ অবিনাশকে পাঠাইতে বলিয়াছি, সে টেলিগ্রাফ করিয়া পাঠাইয়া থাকিবে ...
... ; April 12 Speech at Baruipur. April 18 "Palli Samiti" speech at Kishoregunj. April 28 Changes his Calcutta lodgings from 23, Scotts Lane to 48. Grey Street (Navashakti Office). May 2 Arrested as implicated in the terrorist activities of a group led by his brother Barindra.Taken to the lock-up at Lal Bazar, Calcutta. P... September 23 Acquitted. After the Bande Mataram sedition case, Sri Aurobindo comes forward as the leader of the Nationalist Party in Bengal. October Takes a house in Chukoo Khansama's Lane, Calcutta. October 24 Goes to Deoghar. December 7-9 At the Bengal Provincial Conference at Midnapore as the leader of the Nationalists. December 8 Presides over a separate meeting of the ...
... Congress" speech at Panthi's Math, Calcutta. April 12 Speech at Baruipur. April 18 "Palli Samiti" speech at Kishoregung. April 28 Changes his Calcutta lodging from 23 Scotts lane to 48 Grey Street (Navashakti Office). May 2 Arrested as implicated in the terrorist activities of a group led by his brother Barindra. Taken to the lock-up at Lal Bazar, Calcutta... September 23 Acquitted. After the Bande Mataram sedition case, Sri Aurobindo comes forward as the leader of the National Party in Bengal. October Takes a house in Chukoo Khansama's Lane, Calcutta. October 24 Goes to Deoghar. December 7-9 At the Bengal Provincial Conference at Midnapore as the leader of the Nationalists. December 8 Presides over a separate ...
... 1978) and sought out the letter from Scott's Lane about this revolution. A very good translation of it appears on pp. 106 & ff, and there is a footnote which sets right the date: The manuscript of this letter bears the date 17 Feb- ruary 1907. This is evidently a slip. In February 1907 Sri Aurobindo was staying in Deoghar. The house in Scott's Lane does not seem to have been taken till ...
... had obeyed in disciplined silence as if a single body. About this period Sri Aurobindo had decided to take up charge of a Bengali daily, Nava Shakti , and had moved from his rented house in Scott's Lane, where he had been living with his wife and sister, to rooms in the office of this newspaper, and there, before he could begin this new venture, early one morning while he was still sleeping, the ...
... There all his requirements were well looked after, but not wishing to inconvenience his host Sri Aurobindo moved to a house irt Chukku Khansama Lane, where Mrinalini, Sarojini, Barin and Abinash came to stay with him. Later when they shifted to 23, Scott's Lane, Barin went over to stay at the Murari Pukur Gardens. At first Sri Aurobindo was absorbed in work connected with the new National College but... the Mullicks. Finally, Bepin Pal had to retire, I don't remember whether in November or December, probably the latter. I was myself very ill, almost to death, in my father-in-law's house in Serpentine Lane and I did not know what was going on. They put my name as editor on the paper without my consent, but I spoke to the secretary pretty harshly and had the insertion discontinued. I also wrote a strong ...
... One of the already initiated, Upendranath Bandhopadhyaya, had introduced an aspirant, Amarendranath Chatterji, to Sri Aurobindo, and the interview probably took place in 1907 at this Place in Scott's Lane. When Amarendra saw Sri Aurobindo, it was as though the mere sight or darshan was itself a kind of initiation or diksha; it was as though some current of energy was passing from Sri Aurobindo ...
... obeyed in disciplined silence as if a single body. About this period Sri Aurobindo had decided to take up charge of a Bengali daily, Nava Shakti , and had moved from his rented house in Scotts Lane, where he had been living with his wife and sister, to rooms in the office of this newspaper, and there, before he could begin this new venture, early one morning while he was still sleeping ...
... 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 resourceful factotum, Abinash Bhattacharya, found a separate place, first at Chhaku Khansama Lane, then 23 Scott's Lane, where Mrinalini and Sarojini (and... himself could have dreamt of the transformation of the two opening words of his song into a national mantra of liberation: The welkin now rings with Bande Mataram. The streets and the lanes of Calcutta and of the rest of the province resound with the solemn watch-word. Bande Mataram has stirred the hearts of the people to their depths. 2 The two words - soft like silk yet taut... and regeneration. During October, November and the early part of December, Sri Aurobindo was rather seriously ill, and moved, first to his father-in-law Bhupal Chandra Bose's house in Serpentine Lane, and in December to his grandfather Rajnarain Bose's place in Deoghar. Restored to health, Sri Aurobindo returned to Calcutta well in time to attend the annual session of the Congress, which was ...
... It was a Friday night, and Sri Aurobindo was sleeping peacefully in his first floor room at 48, Grey Street - the office of the Nava Sakti - to which he had moved some time earlier from his Scott's Lane residence. At about five in the morning next day (2 May), Sarojini his sister rushed into his room in terror and woke him up. The small room was now filled with armed policemen, some senior officers ...
... of putting them to any inconvenience. His own personal requirements, however, were well looked after. A house was taken at Chhuku Khansama Lane where Barin, Abinash, Sarojini and Mrinalini stayed with Sri Aurobindo. After that they shifted to 23, Scott's Lane. Barin went to stay at Murari Pukur Bagan, the rest stayed with Sri Aurobindo. Page 88 ... they tried to organise young men there, and to teach them lathi-play, fencing and even riding. Having worked together for six months the three separated. Barin and Abinash shifted to Madan Mitter Lane and Jatin moved to Sitaram Ghose Street. Sri Aurobindo took one month's leave from 22 February 1903. The reason for the leave was to patch up the differences that had arisen between Jatin Banerjee ...
... house, 12, Wellington Street. 2. Bhupal Chandra Bose's house in Serpentine Lane. 3. 23, Scott's Lane. 4. 48, Grey Street (1st floor). 5. Alipore jail. 6. 6, College Square (Krishna K-umar Mitra's house and office of the Sanjivani). 7. 4, Shyam Pukur Lane (Karmayogin office). Page 350 Biography of Sri Aurobindo by Kulkarni... Librarian H. G. Massey, A.L.A,, A.M.A., 17th January, 1956. Cromwell Road was constructed after the International Exhibition of 1862. Prior to this date, it was nothing more than a muddy lane. Hogarth Road was named in 1873, and Kempsford Gardens about the same period. Our records do not show that any re-numbering of the premises mentioned in your letter has taken place since 1880. ...
... were in no mood to listen to his sage advice. High ran their enthusiasm, and their thirst for freedom was driving them to desperate action. Lele met Sri Aurobindo at his residence at 23, Scott's Lane by appointment. He asked Sri Aurobindo whether he was doing meditation regularly every morning and evening, but when he was told that it was not done in that routine way, "he was alarmed, tried... freedom-workers was just biding its time for an organised sweep. Sri Aurobindo knew what was brewing in the atmosphere and heard the rumble of the approaching storm.149 He decided to move from 23 Scott's Lane to another house. All of a sudden an opportunity offered itself. Monoranjan Guha Thakurta, a leading journalist and nationalist worker, had been finding himself hard put to it to run his Bengali... spiritual influence. This was the material out of which he had to shape the destiny of the nation. According to one biographer83, Sri Aurobindo at first put up at the Yugantar Office at Kanaidhar Lane in Calcutta, but Subodh Mullick, "one of Sri Aurobindo's collaborators in his secret action and afterwards also in Congress politics", and about whose munificent gift for the foundation of the Bengal ...
... help to my husband in his life, his aim, and his endeavours for realising the Divine, and serve him as his instrument, and not stand in the way of his progress."' Your husband 23, Scott's Lane, Calcutta, February 17, 1907. My dear Mrinalini, ...I was to have seen you on the 8th January, but could not, not because I was unwilling, but because God willed otherwise. I ...
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