Sri Aurobindo
Autobiographical Notes
and Other Writings of Historical Interest
Part Two. Letters of Historical Interest
1. Letters on Personal, Practical and Political Matters (1890–1926)
Letters Written While Employed in the Princely State of Baroda (1895–1906)
To the Sar Suba, Baroda State1
Ootacamund.
June 1. 1895
Sir
I have the honour to report that I arrived at Ootacamund on Thursday the 30th instant and that I saw H.H. the Maharaja Saheb yesterday (Friday). It appears that His Highness wishes to keep me with him for some time farther, I have also the honour to state that as I desired a peon rather at Ootie than on the journey and even so it was not absolutely necessary, I did not think myself justified in taking advantage of your kind permission to engage one at Bombay as far as Ootie.
I beg to remain,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Aravind. A. Ghose.
To
Rao Bahadur
the Sar Suba Saheb
Baroda State.
1 1 June 1895. In May 1895 Sri Aurobindo was summoned by the Maharaja to Ootacamund, a hill station in South India, in order to prepare a précis of a complex legal case. He wrote this letter to his superior shortly after his arrival in “Ootie”.