Tales of Prison Life

Tales of Prison Life (excerpt)

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Arrested for conspiracy in May 1908, Sri Aurobindo spent one full year in jail while the British Government, in a protracted trial, tried to implicate him in various revolutionary activities. Acquitted and released in May 1909, he wrote a series of articles in Bengali in the journal “Suprabhat” describing his life in prison and the courtroom.

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See also

• Alipore Bomb Case

External links

• Tales of Prison Life at Auroville Library
• Solitary Watch (USA nonprofit) homepage