Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969 (in pdf) - Krishna Path

70 Letters from S rrla Prabhup tida
for one week more when the matter will
be clear, yes or no.
You have requested to send you my
photograph and personal history and
thank you for this. I am sending herewith
some cuttings of photograph (Present)
which appeared in the press. If these are
not suitable for your purpose, then you
can get a fresh bromo-copy from the original
negative which also is being sent
herewith. Regarding my personal history
I beg to state it shortly as follows: I was
born 1st September 1896 in Calcutta as
the third son of my father Late Gour Mohon
Dev and mother late Rajani Devi in
the family of one of very respectable
Goldmerchant aristocracy of Calcutta. I
was educated in the Scottish Churches
College (B.A. 1920) and Netaji Subhas
Chandra was my college mate. I left education
influenced by Mahatma Gandhi in
1921 and joined for some time in the national
liberation and other social service
movements. I was secretary of the Social
Union movement of which Late Mr. J.
Choudhury Bar-at-law was the president.
In this movement there was a great stir for
intercaste marriage in favour of Patel 's
(Vithalbhai) bill. I was married during my
student life in 1918 with Radharani Devi
and she is in Calcutta with her sons and
daughters five children and a few grand
children also. After my education I was
appointed ( 1921) as the Asst. Manager of
Dr. Bose's Laboratory Ltd of Calcutta and
then engaged myself in my personal business
in the chemical line. I was a research
student in chemical and medicinal composition
and for the first time in India, I
introduced Gadine preparation in the
medical profession. I met my spiritual
master Late Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati Goswami
in 1922 and he desired me to
preach in the foreign countries the spiritual
movement started by Lord Chaitanya
for enlightenment of all materialistic men
all over the world. He gradually turned
my mind from matter to spirit and I was
accepted as his disciple in 1933 after full
associationof ten years. He left this world
in 1936 and insisted to explain the mission
in English. I started my paper Back to
Godhead in 1944 and ledt home for good
entirey to execute the order of my spiritual
master in 1954. Since then my H. Q. is at
Vrindaban and devote in literary work.
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Dear Mr. Nakano,
In continuation of my Reg letter of the
18th instant I beg to inform you that on
20/4/61. I have received the reply from
the Govt. which reads as follows.
I have therefore sent you to-day the following
cable which I beg to confirm herewith.
As you have, developed a deep love for
me, I dare to ask you to send me financial
help to take me to Japan. I think you can
immediately instruct your Embassy in
Delhi to do the needful and dispatch me to
Japan on your behalf. I am feeling too
much to meet you and the Congress so that
we can build up a solid institute for spiritual
cultivation.
I shall await your instruction by cable
to fix up my programmes.
61-10
5th November, 1961
Sri Pramatha Nath Roy
140/A Raja Dinusta Street
Calcutta-4.
Handedover the manuscript of Shi
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for printing in a
three forms book on the occasion of Sri
Srimat Sakhi Charan Das Babaji Maharaj
's first disappearance ceremony.
If not printed the same is to be sent