Photos of Sri Aurobindo / 1. CALCUTTA, DARJEELING. 1872-1878

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1. CALCUTTA, DARJEELING. 1872-1878
(BEFORE 7 YEARS OLD)

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Sri Aurobindo's father
doctor Krishna Dhan Ghose
Arberdeen, Scotland. 1871

Sri Aurobindo's father
doctor Krishna Dhan Ghose

Sri Aurobindo's mother
Svarnalatta Ghose

Sri Aurobindo's older brother, Benoybhushan or Manmohan
The photo, perhaps of 1870-71, given in London to Annette Akroyd by Sri Aurobindo's father. Signed "A son of Dr. K. D. Ghose"

House at Calcutta
where Sri Aurobindo was born

Darjeeling
where Aurobindo lived at 1877-79 (at the age of 5-7 years) with his older brothers
A late nineteenth-century photograph

Darjeeling
A 20th-century photograph

Loretto
an Irish nuns' school in Darjeeling where Aurobindo and his brothers were sent for the beginning of their education to

Loretto Convent School, Darjeeling