Aurobindo Ghosh became internationally known as Sri Aurobindo. He was a patriot, poet, philosopher, prophet and mystic. He was born on August 15, 1872 at Kolkata in West Bengal. His father Krishna Dham Ghosh was a medical practitioner and mother Swarnalata Devi a house wife. Krishna Dhan Ghose was an admirer of British system of education and lover of Western culture. Sri Aurobindo was sent to Loretto Convent at Darjeeling in 1877 and after two years was taken to Manchester for his studies. He stayed in an English family under the loving care of Mrs. Drewett who taught him different subjects. Sri Aurobindo studied at Saint Paul’s School, London and King’s College, Cambridge. He was a shining student and learnt different European languages including Greek and Latin. His father expected him to join ICS and Sri Aurobindo also qualified in the written test. But as he was very averse to join Civil Service, he skipped a practical test to disqualify himself. While in England, he came in contact with the ruler of Baroda. After completing his studies in England Sri Aurobindo returned to India in 1893.Sri Aurobindo joined Baroda State Service which was a princely state in British India. At Baroda he developed interest in Sanskrit and Bengali. These were the years of self-culture as he read Indian philosophy, religion and the ancient scriptures. In 1901 he got married to Miralini Devi who was 14 years younger to him. As Sri Aurobindo was not interested in administrative jobs he joined Baroda College as a faculty and was given the post of vice-principal. After spending nearly twelve years at Baroda he resigned and came to Kolkata.