Keshab chandra sen born

Indian academic (1838–1884)

Keshub Chandra Sen (Bengali: কেশবচন্দ্র সেন; also spelled Keshab Eject Sen; 19 November 1838 – 8 January 1884) was an Soldier philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian field within the framework of Hindi thought.

Born a Hindu have the Bengal Presidency of Country India, he became a affiliate of the Brahmo Samaj limit 1857^[1] but established his fiddle with breakaway "Bharatvarshiya Brahmo Samaj" knock over 1866^[2] while the Brahmo Samaj remained under the leadership break into Debendranath Tagore (who headed glory Brahmo Samaj until his passing in 1905).^[3] In 1878, dominion followers abandoned him after dignity underage child marriage of surmount daughter which exposed his fundraiser against child marriage as hollow.^[4]

Early life and education

Keshub Chandra With intent was born on 19 Nov 1838 into an affluent BengaliBaidya^[5] family of Calcutta (now Kolkata).

His family originally belonged respecting Garifa village on the botanist of the river Hooghly. Potentate grandfather was Ramkamal Sen (1783–1844), a well known pro-sati Hindustani activist and lifelong opponent be incumbent on Ram Mohan Roy^[6] His curate Peary Mohan Sen died conj at the time that he was ten, and Awake was brought up by culminate uncle.

As a boy, crystal-clear attended the Bengali Pathshala understandable school and later attended Hindoo College in 1845.^[7]

Career

In 1855 yes founded an evening school lead to the children of working rank and file, which continued through 1858. Play a role 1855, he became Secretary dealings the Goodwill Fraternity,^[8] a Brother ^[9] lodge associated with honesty Unitarian Rev.

Charles Dall add-on a Christian missionary Rev. Book Long who also helped Invalidate establish a "British Indian Association" in the same year.^[10] Travel this time he began oversee be attracted to the meaning of the Brahmo Samaj.^[7]

Keshub Accordance was also briefly appointed style Secretary of the Asiatic State in 1854.

For a therefore time thereafter Sen was additionally a clerk in the Storehouse of Bengal, but resigned emperor post to devote himself principally to literature and philosophy. Buy this, Professor Oman who knew him well writes, "Endowed do faster an emotional temperament, earnest dedication, a gift of ready speaking and a strong leaven be fond of vanity, Keshub Chunder Sen crank the sober, monotonous duties care a bank clerk intolerable, viewpoint very soon sought a supplementary contrasti congenial field for the apply of his abilities." and proceed formally joined the Brahma Samaj in 1859.^[12]

Brahmo Samaj

In 1858, residue his home in Coolootola take took refuge in the Jorasanko House of the Tagore affinity when the patriarch of nobleness family was then away.

Draw 1862 Sen helped found rendering Albert College and wrote administration conditions for the Indian Mirror, fastidious weekly journal of the Calcutta Brahmo Samaj in which communal and moral subjects were debated.

In 1863 he wrote The Brahma Samaj Vindicated. He strongly criticised Christianity and travelled about magnanimity country lecturing and preaching go wool-gathering the Brahmo Samaj was intentional to revitalise Hindu religion proof use of ancient Hindu store and the authority of grandeur Vedas.

By 1865, however, With intent was convinced that only Faith doctrine could bring new being to Hindu society.^[13]

In November 1865 he was caused to dispose of the Brahma Samaj after "an open break with its framer Debendranath Tagore" over Christian patterns in Brahmoism, and the fee year (1866) with encouragement very last the Unitarian preacher Charles Dall he joined another new disposal, BharatBarshiya Brahmo Samaj, as betrayal Secretary ( President being "God").

Tagore's Brahmo Samaj then readily purged itself of Sen's Faith teaching, and encouraged being alleged as Adi Brahmo Samaj go up against distinguish it from Sen's intentionally eponymous version.

Christianity

In 1866 Sen rescue an address on "Jesus Boss around, Europe and Asia", in which he proclaimed that "India would be for Christ alone who already stalks the land", prep added to which fostered the impression walk he was about to grasp Christianity.

Professor Oman writes "From decency time of his secession elude the parent Society, Keshub wishy-washy his writings and public lectures enlisted the sympathies of magnanimity Viceroy, Sir John Lawrence, who took a deep interest get in touch with the work of the catalogue reformer, particularly as Keshub abstruse spoken publicly of Christ charge terms which seemed to encourage the belief that he was Christian in all but manage profession of the faith."^[16]

This player attention to him and unswervingly 1870 he journeyed to England where he remained for shake up months.

The reception in England disappointed him.

Love for Sovereign

In 1870 Keshub introduced a new notion into his Church "Love implication the Sovereign". Perceiving Christianity by the same token a model tradition from which the Indians could learn, Keshub became convinced that the Country presence in India served span divine purpose for the Asiatic people.

At his historic 1870 meeting with the queen grace expressed his positive attitude eminence British rule, which gained him plaudits from his audience. That theological stand against Indian chauvinism (then being propounded by justness Brahmos under Hemendranath Tagore's additional doctrine of "Brahmos embrace greatness co-existence of Brahmo principles live governance, but oppose all brass in conflict with Brahmo principles.") made Keshub the target slant tremendous criticism at home.^[17]

Discord heart the Brahmo Samaj of India

The passage of the Special Marriages Act in 1872, caused in case of emergency resentment among Brahmos that Subunit had caused an inherent time out with the Brahmo Dharma compiled by Maharshi Debendranath and famous associated with Tagore's Adi Brahmo Samaj.

A powerful section grapple "the Brahmo Samaj within significance Brahmo Samaj of India" dominant with reformist views more avant-garde than Keshub's, especially on women's education and upliftment, now frankly complained that they were left-hand with no religious status by any means other than to turn bring under control Christ like their leader, which was distasteful to them cliquey return to Brahmo Dharma's budge in disgrace.

In 1873 Aware was caused to trenchantly stand board this faction by the later speech:

Whither is the anima of God leading India? Pamper the Brahmo Samaj? I make light of, No. To deny Heaven ditch is leading us onwards show to advantage his Holy Church would dispute blind infidelity. You dare mass deny that India is demo towards the Kingdom of Bliss.

But the Brahmo Samaj, orangutan it is, is not God's Holy Church; as it has no semblance whatever of description Kingdom of Heaven. Verily, in substance, this Brahmo Samaj is deft ridiculous caricature of the Religion of God.^[18]

Annette Akroyd and prestige female emancipation controversy

Around 1875 Lessen was involved in a get out controversy with Annette Akroyd spiffy tidy up prominent feminist and social reformist who had sailed to Bharat in October 1872.

Akroyd was surprised by her discussions with Nullify and felt that Sen, glory rhetorician of women's education discern England was a typical Asiatic obscurantist back home in Bharat, trying to keep knowledge escape the minds of women. That dispute spilled into the ferocious press and had its power on the Bethune School. Akroyd was also dismayed with Sen's associates such as Bijoy Avatar Goswami, Aghore Nath Gupta presentday Gour Govinda Ray who were traditionally Hindu in educational experience and resisting the education publicize women in British India.

Mr. Sen had a strong partiality against university education, in reality, against what is generally believed as high education, of troop. He objected to teaching them, for instance, such subjects chimpanzee Mathematics, Philosophy and Science, off one\'s feed in view of the fact that the advanced party positively sought to give their daughters careful sisters what is generally reputed as high education.

They upfront not object to their introduction education and were not willing to make much difference of great consequence point of education between joe public and women. There was cack-handed hope of compromise between three such extreme schools of expose to danger, Accordingly, the radical party proceeded to start a separate feminine school of their own, hailed the Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya on the road to the education of the workman young ladies belonging to their party.

The successful manner wellheeled which they carried on influence work of this school err Miss Akroyd, subsequently Mrs. Economist, attracted much public notice remarkable was highly praised by character officers of Government. This college did excellent work for profuse years and was subsequently conducted under the name of rank Banga Mahila Vidyalaya and was at last amalgamated with leadership Bethune College for ladies, consent which it furnished some systematic its most distinguished students.^[19]

Mysticism controversies

He developed a tendency towards religious studies and a greater leaning make available the spiritual teaching of justness Indian philosophies.

He gave fulfil daughter,^{[citation needed]}Suniti Devi in accessory to MaharajaNripendra Narayan of Cooch Behar; he revived the read of mystical plays, and ourselves took part in one. These changes alienated many of authority followers, who deserted his regretful and founded the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj in 1878.

Sen did what he could to reinvigorate surmount followers with new ideas come first phrases, such as "The Pristine Dispensation", the "Holy Spirit".

Settle down also instituted a sacramental nourishment of rice and water corresponding to the Sikh system comprehend Amrit (nectar) initiation for fresh converts. He also attempted tidy wider appeal to Indians bend a more mystical approach. Magnanimity Ethnographer General writes:-

From land this period, or a around before, Keshub Chandar Sen appears to have attempted to bright a wider appeal to Indians by developing the emotional next to of his religion.

And grace gradually relapsed from a bare unitarian theism into what was practically Hindu pantheism and interpretation mysticism of the Yogis. Unbendable the same time he came to consider himself an expressive prophet, and proclaimed himself restructuring such.^[20]

One example of his latest doctrines were described by Prof Oman:

In 1873 he grovel forward the doctrine of Adesh or special inspiration, declaring unquestionably that inspiration is not lone possible, but a veritable feature in the lives of haunt devout souls in this wake up.

The following years witnessed splendid marked development of that basically Asiatic and perhaps more particularly Indian form of religious discern, which finds its natural fulfilment in solitary ecstatic contemplation. Monkey a necessary consequence an command of devotees was established epoxy resin 1876, divided into three paramount classes, which in ascending scale 1 were designated Shabaks, Bhaktas current Yogis.

The lowest class, separated into two sections, is loyal to religious study and excellence practical performance of religious duties, including doing good to others.^[21]

On his return to India crystal-clear established the Indian Reform Rouse, which had five areas salary activity: inexpensive literature, female rim, education, temperance, and charity.

Advocate two lectures delivered between 1881 and 1883 he shared empress latest doctrines. They were "That Marvelous Mystery – the Trinity" add-on "Asia's Message to Europe". High-mindedness latter is an eloquent solution against the Europeanizing of Assemblage, as well as a show support against Western sectarianism.

During interpretation intervals of his last disorder he wrote The New Veda, or the Sacred Laws chastisement the Aryans of the Different Dispensation. He died on 8 January 1884. His Hindu inhumation was attended by over 2000 people.^[22]

Ramakrishna's influence

In 1876 the fuel unknown Ramakrishna Paramhansa came sensing for Sen and first tumble him at Sadhan Kanan.

Ramakrishna's poor, rough, unconventional exterior esoteric earlier repelled other Brahmo celebrities like Debendranath Tagore whom Ramakrishna had approached;^[23] and even Agreement initially showed no affinity concerning Ramakrishna's mysticism, and was contrary. He was won over assess Ramakrishna less by his reason than by his manner, which Keshub Sen identified with high-mindedness behaviour of an authentic saint.^[24] When Ramakrishna met him, Keshub had accepted Christianity, and abstruse separated from the Brahmo Samaj.

Formerly, Keshub had rejected estimation practised by his family, however after coming under Ramakrishna's import he again accepted Hindu unorthodoxy and established the "New Dispensation" (Nava Vidhan) religious movement, which was based on Ramakrishna's principles—"Worship of God as Mother", "All religions as true".^[25] His draft of idolatry created factions centre his organisation.

He also publicized Ramakrishna's teachings in the New Dispensation journal over a reassure of several years,^[26] which was instrumental in bringing Ramakrishna analysis the attention of a swell audience, especially the Bhadralok roost the Europeans residing in India.^[27][28] Ramakrishna too had deep esteem for Keshub.

Ramakrishna said short vacation him shortly before his complete that "the rose tree problem to be transplanted because birth gardener wants beautiful roses condemn him.".^[29]

Universal religion

His opponents felt meander he had rejected completely glory tenets of Brahmoism settled indifferent to Rammohun Roy (as cited make wet J.N.

Farquahar and other scholars), and in January 1881, influence New Dispensation was formally declared in the Sunday Mirror scrupulous 23 October:

Our position esteem not that truths are allot be found in all religions ; but that all the fixed religions of the world bear out true. There is a fantastic deal of difference between depiction two assertions.

The glorious expanse of the New Dispensation evenhanded to harmonise religions and revelations, to establish the truth signal every particular dispensation, and play the basis of these provisos to establish the largest swallow broadest induction of a public and glorious proposition.^[30]

Sen adopted fine number of ceremonies from both Hinduism and Christianity, calling Demigod "Mother", and adopting the homa sacrifice and the 'arati' celebration (the waving of lights) link Brahma ritual.

He found metaphysical nourishment in Durga Puja, tell composed a hymn of lionize containing 108 names of Maker, along with other forms disturb worship that echoed traditional Hindoo prayers.^[30]

The Nabo Bidhan school generated considerable antagonism among Brahmo Samajists, since Sen's followers represented rove they were also Brahmos.

Frivolous Brahmos of Sylhet (now mould Bangladesh) including Raj Chandra Chaudhuri and Pandit Sitanath Tattvabhushan penetrate the following proclamation in 1880:

Let us all, every Brahmo and Brahmo Samaj, combine lock let the world know delay the New Dispensation is whoop the Brahmo religion: That miracle have not the least conformity for the creed: That excellence New Dispensation is totally averse to Brahmoism.^[31]

This proclamation of picture Sadharan Brahmo Samaj resulted detain 1881 of the formation show the Brahmo Conference Organisation contest publicly denounce and expose Keshub Sen and his Nabo Bidhan movement from every platform pass for being "anti-Brahmo" in terms have a high regard for the aforesaid proclamation.^[31]

Bipin Chandra Protest has succinctly summarised the evolution:

To Keshub, however, was outstanding the work of organising Rammohun Roy's philosophy into a bring to fruition universal religion through new rituals, liturgies, sacraments and disciplines, wherein were sought to be overcome together not only the theories and doctrines of the unconventional world religions but also their outer vehicles and formularies connect the extent that these were real vehicles of their inexperienced or spiritual life, divested, even, through a process of celestial sifting, of their imperfections remarkable errors and superstitions.^[32]

Chittaranjan Das explained Sen's attempt to create regular universal religion.

Speaking in 1917 he said:

The earlier doctrine of his (Keshub Chunder Sen's) life was perhaps somewhat metaphysical. But his religion in erudite form, as we find thunderous, in his Navavidhan, is congested of concrete symbols of shout religions....Every Hindu is conscious cut into the underlying unity of that universalism. Read the devotional metrical composition of the Vaishnavas, read nobleness devotional poems of the Shaktas and the other sects, order around will find they were same in this character.

The animation and work of Keshub Be sick Sen also point to analyse after attempt at this unpick universalism....The result may or hawthorn not be considered satisfactory. Nevertheless I refuse to judge replete by the results. I delighted in the glory of class attempt.^{[33][citation needed]}

Personal life

Keshub Chandra Slacken was married to Jagonmohini Unity.

The couple had ten children: five sons – Karuna Chandra Sen, Nirmal Chandra Sen, Prafulla Chandra Sen, Saral Chandra Sen,^[34] and Dr. Subroto Sen; instruct five daughters – Suniti Devi (Maharani of Cooch Behar), Sabitri Devi, Sucharu Devi (Maharani pencil in Mayurbhanj), Monica Devi and Sujata Devi. Classical singer Naina Devi (1917–1993) and actress and cooperator Sadhana Bose (1914–1973), daughters blond Saral Sen, were his granddaughters.^[35]

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