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title: "“NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?"  
description: "“NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?"  
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published: 2018-03-11  
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# “NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?

“NEW LAMPS FOR OLD” was written by?

## Answers

### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya

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**New Lamps for Old** was written by **Sri Aurobindo Ghosh** in **1893**. New Lamps for Old was published as **nine** articles in the **Indu Prakash** a **Bombay daily newspaper**.

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Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was born on **15th August 1872** in **Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India)** in a **Bengali Kayastha family**. Born to **Krishna Dhun Ghose** and **Swarnalotta Devi**, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was a **philosopher, poet, guru, yogi** and **nationalist**. He was part of the **Indian freedom struggle** against the **British** rule for sometime before becoming a **spiritual reformer**.

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Sri Aurobindo Ghosh studied for the **Indian Civil Service** (officially known as **Imperial Civil Service** an elite civil service of the British Empire during the British rule in India from **1858** to **1947**) in **England**. After finishing his Indian Civil Service education from the **Kings College** in **Cambridge** Sri Aurobindo Ghosh returned to India and took up a job as a civil servant under the **Maharaja** of the princely state of **Baroda**. Eventually, he became active in nationalist politics and joined the Indian freedom struggle. He was jailed many times for charges of treason but was acquitted due to lack of evidence. It was during his stay in jail when Sri Aurobindo Ghosh had **spiritual experiences** and decided to move to **Pondicherry** leaving politics.

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Sri Aurobindo Ghosh in collaboration with his spiritual partner **Mirra Alfassa (referred to as “The Mother”)** founded the **Sri Aurobindo Ashram** in **1926**. His literary works include **The Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga** and **Savitri**. One of the epic poems written by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh is **“A Legend and a Symbol“**. Other works of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh includes translations and commentaries on the **Upanishads, Vedas** and the **Bhagavad Gita**. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh died at the age of **78** on **5th December 1950** at **Pondicherry, French India** (now in **Puducherry**).

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