This document provides biographical information about Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, an Indian nationalist and philosopher. It notes that he was born in 1872 in Calcutta, wrote several literary and philosophical works, and had a seminal article published on August 15, 1947 in The Hindu to mark India's independence. In the article, Aurobindo expressed that India's freedom was not yet complete until unity was achieved between Hindus and Muslims. He also stated that unification of mankind was underway despite difficulties, and that a new spirit of oneness would take hold of the human race. The document concludes with Aurobindo's last words on the nature of freedom being that immortality, unity and freedom exist within ourselves.

1. Ajit A Kaliya
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 Aurobindo Ghosh
• Born in 15 August, 1872, at Calcutta, India
• Died in 5 December 1950 at Pondichery
• Was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru
and poet.

3. • Literary Works
The life divine
The synthesis of yoga
Savitri
Agenda
Renaissance in India
Perseus the deliverer
Vasavdutta
Rodogune
The vaziers of Bassora
Eric

4. • Aurobindo’s article of the day of Indian
independence was published in August 15, 1947 in
edition of ‘The Hindu’
• It is a defense of Indian civilization and culture with
essays on Indian spirituality, religion, art, literature
and polity.

5. • I can observe on this day either approaching fruition or
initiated and an achievement.
• For I have always held and said that India was arising,
not to serve her own material interests only to achieve
expansion, greatness, power and prosperity though these
too she must not neglect and certainly not like others to
acquire domination of other people, but to live also for
God and the world as a helper and leader of the whole
human race.

6. • India is free, but she has not achieved unity, only a
fissured and broken freedom.
• Old communal division into Hindu and Muslim
seems to have hardened into the figure of a
permanent political division in the country.
• By whatever means, the division must and will go,
for without it the destiny of India might be
seriously impaired and even frustrated.

7. • The unification of mankind is under way, though only
in an imperfect initiative, organised but struggling
against tremendous difficulties.
• The unification is a necessity in the course of nature,
an inevitable movement and it’s achievement can be
safely foretold.
• Without it the freedom of small people can never be
safe and large and powerful nations cannot really be
secure.
• A new spirit of oneness will take held of the human
race.

8. “Immortality, unity and freedom
are in ourselves and await there our
discovery, but for the joy of love God , in
us will still remain the many.”
These were Aurobindo’s last words on the
nature of freedom.

9. Source
TheHindu.com
The Renaissance in India