Remembering Rishi Rajnarayan Bose, a pioneer in the field of giving concrete shape to Indian Nationalism and National Education, on his Birth Anniversary

#RishiRajnarayanBose, #SriAurobindo’s maternal grandfather, was born 7 September 1826 in the Borhal village of South 24 Parganas of West Bengal. He had abolished corporal punishment and introduced a friendly and cooperative atmosphere among the teachers and students to make education more interesting to them. He briefly tutored Asia's first Nobel prizewinner, #RabindranathTagore and spent three years translating the #Upanishads into English. As a member of #YoungBengal, Rajnarayan Basu believed in "#NationBuilding" at the grassroots level. He served as the headmaster of Midnapore Zila School which was both the forerunner of Midnapore Collegiate School and Midnapore College. He established a public library that is still in use, now known as the Rishi Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar.

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