A remarkable coincidence: Sri Aurobindo Ghose — philosopher, yogi, poet, and nationalist — was born on 15 August 1872, exactly 75 years before India's independence.Aurobindo was a leading figure in the early Indian independence movement before withdrawing to Pondicherry to pursue yoga &amp; meditation. His major works — The Life Divine, Savitri, and The Synthesis of Yoga — remain cornerstones of Indian philosophy and spiritual literature. Click here to read what Osho has to say about Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo had a certain clarity. He was not an enlightened man of the category of J. Krishnamurti or Meher Baba, but he was very close. Perhaps one life more and he will be enlightened; he was just on the border line. He declared, "India will become free, will attain freedom on my birthday" -- and it actually happened. The fifteenth of August is Sri Aurobindo's birthday, and he had declared it thirty years before. People had completely forgotten about his declaration, but India became free on the fifteenth of August. The Great Pilgrimage -From here to here; Chapter 1 &nbsp;