Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

SABCL 26

Fragment ID: 7540

Sir Henry Cotton was much connected with Maharshi Raj Narayan Bose – Aurobindo’s maternal grandfather. His son James Cotton was at this time in London. As a result of these favourable circumstances a meeting came about with the Gaekwar of Baroda.

Cotton was my father’s friend – they had made arrangements for my posting in Bengal; but he had nothing to do with my meeting with the Gaekwar. James Cotton was well acquainted with my elder brother, because he was Secretary of the South Kensington Liberal Club where we were living and my brother was his assistant. He took great interest in us. It was he who arranged the meeting.