Historical figures in West Bengal

The atlas holds 5 people and 8 moments here, from 1828 to 1935. The most recorded lives are Paramahansa Yogananda, Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore. Among them Writers, Musicians and Composers and Performers, across the Interwar Period and World War I.

Notable people

1. Ghalib

   in 1828

   1 moment here

   Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, known as Ghalib, was an Indian Urdu and Persian poet and letter writer.…

2. Paramahansa Yogananda

   from 1910 to 1935

   3 moments here

   Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…

3. Rabindranath Tagore

   in 1881

   1 moment here

   Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

4. Ronald Ross

   in 1898

   1 moment here

   British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…

5. Sri Aurobindo

   from 1909 to 1910

   2 moments here

   Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, poet, and yogi. His documented movements run from childhood in Bengal and…

Moments

1. 1828 Visit to Hooghly Ghalib
2. 1881 Writes at Chandernagore garden house Rabindranath Tagore
3. 1898 Mosquito research at Mahanad Ronald Ross
4. 1909 Hooghly Conference at Chinsurah Sri Aurobindo
5. 1910 Training under Sri Yukteswar begins Paramahansa Yogananda
6. 1910 Secret retirement at Chandernagore Sri Aurobindo
7. 1915 Studies at Serampore College Paramahansa Yogananda
8. 1935 Reunion at Serampore Ashram Paramahansa Yogananda

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