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426:, who held Satish Chandra so high that whenever Gandhi went to Varanasi, he spent some time with Satish Chandra. At a juncture, it seems Gandhi even approached him for receiving initiation; but Satish Chandra did not feel that Gandhi needed it. Both of them were seekers of God. Gandhi strove to solve the problem of suffering in man's daily life and look for the Truth; Satish Chandra sought after spiritual deliverance. 306:" of culture, to protest against the Report of the Indian Universities Commission, representing the inadequate university education imposed by the Government to fabricate clerks for the merchant offices. "The cry for thorough overhauling of the whole system of University education was in the air.". In 1889, he formulated the scheme for national education. 316:(formerly known as the Metropolitan Institution: its Principal, Nagendranath Ghosh was the President, and Satish its general secretary). The Dawn Society was "functioning (...) as a training ground of youths and a nursery of patriotism, became in 1905 one of the most active centres for the propagation of Boycott-Swadeshi ideologies..." 273:("six schools of Hindu philosophy") at the Albert Hall, presided over by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. "Alive to the necessity and the usefulness of all other systems, secular or religious, Eastern or Western," Satish Chandra's intense religious temperament laid emphasis on the study of Hindu life, thought and faith. He joined the 388:. In 1907, after Sri Aurobindo's resignation on 2 August 1907 (fearing "that he might be spirited away to prison at any moment, and his association with the National College might cause great damage to the institution"), Satish Chandra succeeded him as principal, and a contributor to the daily 323:
introduced by Sri Aurobindo, the Society's object was to draw the attention of the students to the needs of the country, to love Mother India, to cultivate their moral character, to inspire original thinking. It had a weekly session for a "general training course". One of the members,
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in 1886 and BL in 1890, and enrolled himself as a pleader of the Calcutta High Court. In 1887, he was appointed a lecturer in history and economics in the Berhampore College. In 1895 he founded the Bhagavat Chatuspathi, a first attempt to an alternate system of higher studies.
176:, which began with the sentence, "Among the successfully educated classes of our country, there is a great deal of animation concerning the philosophy of Comte." While writing on psychological purification, Bankim wrote: "He who has been psychologically purified is the best 398:, Satish left for Varanasi in 1914, settled there till his death. Prominent among the regular visitors who consulted him for guidance, there was Malani, Professor of English at the Hindu University, who took profuse notes while listening to Satish Chandra. There were also 328:, considering having lived significantly thanks to Satish Chandra's influence, would remember his ardent message of patriotism and philanthropy rousing the youth to dedicated service; he would also write about the method of Pandit Nilakantha Goswami's explaining the 171:
himself was not only one of the first in India to write on Comte and his philosophy but, also, he had zealous Positivist friends like Yogendrachandra Ghose and Rajkrishna Mukherjee; in 1874, Bankim published the latter's article on Positivism in his
451:, whereas Gandhi was flooded with messages of solicitude, he wondered about Satish Chandra's silence and wanted his son Devdas to enquire. The only reply that came was that Satish Chandra knew that Gandhi was going to recover soon. 30: 373:, told him that the Master wanted him to come. After receiving initiation in September 1893, he learnt from the saint that on completing his present activities, Satish was to leave for 463:
with a breath control; happy with that instruction, on 1 February, Gandhi thanked Satish Chandra for "Your lovely letter": on 30 January 1948, Gandhi breathed his last by repeating
148:. His father, Krishnanath Mukherjee, had been a childhood friend and classmate of Justice Dvarkanath Mitra, who appointed him as a translator of official documents in the 870: 361:), Atulya Chatterjee, Rabindra Narayan Ghosh, Benoykumar Sarkar, all future celebrities. One day, Satish Chandra heard an inner voice uttering firmly: "God exists." 1154: 1149: 250: 334:, impressing on the listeners' mind the futility of life and death, the insignificance of the body: the sole thing that counts is Duty, the right Action. 358: 137: 459:
In the habit of exchanging letters regularly, the last time Satish Chandra wrote to Gandhi was on 24 January 1947, explaining how to repeat the name of
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The Origins of the National Educational Movement- Haridas Mukherjee and Uma Mukherjee, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1957
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The Positivist awaited further light from within. In September, a friend of his, follower of the saint
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servant of Man and of society, Krishnanath impressed this ideology on his sons, Tinkori and Satish.
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every month for his personal use. Gratefully Gandhi accepted this gift. In 1924, hospitalised for
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magazine (1897–1913), an organ of Indian Nationalism, in 1902 he organised the "
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Gandhi o Acharya Satish Chandra by Shobhen Bandyopadhyay, [abbrev.
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Following Gandhi's arrest in 1922, he spent two months at the
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Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976),
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occupied an apartment on the first floor of the present
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Selected Works of Acharya Satish Chandra Mukhopadhyay
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in Kolkata, Satish Chandra received inspiration from
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With his classmate Narendra Datta ( 588:, Haridas Mukherjee, 1942, pp262-263 319:In tune with the programme of a new 285: 13: 1145:Hindu philosophers and theologians 534:, by Hirendranath Datta, 1940, p36 292:Dawn (Bengali educational society) 14: 1186: 1110:Judges of the Calcutta High Court 357:, Kishorimohan Gupta (principal, 269:Sashadhar Tarka Chudamani on the 1130:19th-century Indian philosophers 1125:20th-century Indian philosophers 879:Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee family 630:, University of Jadavpur, 2 vols 508:Dictionary of National Biography 28: 1175:Social workers from West Bengal 633: 620: 608: 544:History of the Freedom Movement 265:), he attended the lectures by 180:, the best Christian, the best 681: 591: 579: 567: 553: 537: 525: 513: 500: 203:Catechism of Positive Religion 1: 1080:20th-century Indian educators 1075:19th-century Indian educators 506:Mukherjee, Satish Chandra in 491:Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan 473: 208: 1070:20th-century Indian scholars 1065:19th-century Indian scholars 1050:People from Hooghly district 169:Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 7: 493:(Biographical dictionary), 136:Satish Chandra was born at 10: 1191: 1120:19th-century Indian judges 424:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 289: 163:. Adept of this faith, an 1165:Scholars from West Bengal 982: 966: 950: 921: 900: 892:Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee 884: 819: 783: 752: 705: 689: 414:Satish Chandra and Gandhi 223:Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 201:, Bankim quoted from the 132:The positivist background 109: 101: 91: 68: 39: 27: 20: 1085:Educationists from India 908:Satish Chandra Mukherjee 765:Satish Chandra Mukherjee 586:Benoy Sarkar'er baiThake 188:, the best Positivist." 122:Satish Chandra Mukherjee 34:Satish Chandra Mukherjee 22:Satish Chandra Mukherjee 1090:Indian magazine editors 1045:Das family of Telirbagh 993:Das family of Telirbagh 605:, April 2007, pp534-537 532:Darshanik Bankimchandra 386:Bengal National College 1135:Indian philanthropists 811:Siddhartha Shankar Ray 455:The concluding message 382:Subodh Chandra Mullick 296:Founder-editor of the 1140:Indian social workers 1040:19th-century Bengalis 1035:20th-century Bengalis 943:Amiya Charan Banerjee 830:N.C. Mukherjee family 371:Bijoy Krishna Goswami 355:Radha Kumud Mukherjee 215:South Suburban School 550:, 1975, Vol. II, p70 422:, introduced him to 400:Madan Mohan Malaviya 365:The National College 353:), Haran Chakladar, 245:(his class-friend), 213:As a student of the 154:Religion of Humanity 913:Charulata Mukherjee 760:Charulata Mukherjee 345:(Jatin Mukherjee), 251:Raja Subodh Mullick 247:Rabindranath Tagore 150:Calcutta High Court 114:Charulata Mukherjee 1160:Indian theologians 723:Prasanna Kumar Roy 420:Jivatram Kripalani 351:President of India 326:Benoy Kumar Sarkar 314:Vidyasagar College 275:Presidency College 259:Kaliprasad Chandra 243:Ashutosh Mukherjee 239:Brajendranath Seal 227:Ashvinikumar Datta 156:as founded by the 1002: 1001: 846: 845: 791:Shomie Ranjan Das 713:Satish Ranjan Das 626:Published in the 359:Daulatpur College 263:Swami Abhedananda 257:) and his friend 255:Swami Vivekananda 249:, Sri Aurobindo, 235:Bipin Chandra Pal 119: 118: 1182: 1105:Indian lecturers 1015:Anushilan Samiti 984:Related families 958:Milon K. Banerji 939:Sharda Mukherjee 934:Subroto Mukerjee 873: 866: 859: 850: 849: 821:Related families 801:Sharda Mukherjee 796:Subroto Mukerjee 775:Ashoke Kumar Sen 744:Sudhi Ranjan Das 734:Chittaranjan Das 676: 669: 662: 653: 652: 643: 637: 631: 624: 618: 612: 606: 595: 589: 583: 577: 571: 565: 564: 557: 551: 541: 535: 529: 523: 517: 511: 504: 498: 496: 487: 431:Sabarmati Ashram 286:The Dawn Society 277:to obtained his 198:Devi Chaudhurani 191:In 1884, in the 142:Hooghly district 75: 49: 47: 32: 18: 17: 1190: 1189: 1185: 1184: 1183: 1181: 1180: 1179: 1005: 1004: 1003: 998: 978: 962: 946: 917: 896: 880: 877: 847: 842: 815: 779: 748: 728:Lady Abala Bose 701: 697:Durga Mohan Das 685: 680: 647: 646: 638: 634: 625: 621: 613: 609: 596: 592: 584: 580: 572: 568: 559: 558: 554: 542: 538: 530: 526: 522:, Phalgun 1292 518: 514: 505: 501: 494: 488: 481: 476: 457: 416: 408:Jadunath Sarkar 380:By the side of 367: 347:Rajendra Prasad 339:Sister Nivedita 294: 288: 231:Sivanath Sastri 211: 144:of present-day 134: 87: 77: 73: 64: 51: 45: 43: 35: 23: 12: 11: 5: 1188: 1178: 1177: 1172: 1167: 1162: 1157: 1152: 1147: 1142: 1137: 1132: 1127: 1122: 1117: 1115:Indian jurists 1112: 1107: 1102: 1097: 1092: 1087: 1082: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1062: 1057: 1052: 1047: 1042: 1037: 1032: 1030:Bengali Hindus 1027: 1022: 1017: 1000: 999: 997: 996: 988: 986: 980: 979: 977: 976: 974:Gourab Banerji 970: 968: 967:5th generation 964: 963: 961: 960: 954: 952: 951:4th generation 948: 947: 945: 944: 941: 936: 931: 925: 923: 922:3rd generation 919: 918: 916: 915: 910: 904: 902: 901:2nd generation 898: 897: 895: 894: 888: 886: 885:1st generation 882: 881: 876: 875: 868: 861: 853: 844: 843: 841: 840: 833: 825: 823: 817: 816: 814: 813: 808: 803: 798: 793: 787: 785: 784:4th generation 781: 780: 778: 777: 772: 767: 762: 756: 754: 753:3rd generation 750: 749: 747: 746: 741: 736: 731: 725: 720: 715: 709: 707: 706:2nd generation 703: 702: 700: 699: 693: 691: 690:1st generation 687: 686: 679: 678: 671: 664: 656: 645: 644: 632: 619: 607: 590: 578: 566: 563:. 7 July 2018. 552: 548:R. 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Banipur
Bengal
British India
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
Indian
Charulata Mukherjee
Sri Aurobindo
Bandipur
Hooghly district
West Bengal
Calcutta High Court
Religion of Humanity
Positivist
Auguste Comte
atheist
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bangadarshan
Hindu
Buddhist
Muslim
preface
Devi Chaudhurani
South Suburban School
Bhowanipore
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ashvinikumar Datta
Sivanath Sastri
Bipin Chandra Pal

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