Below are Prabhupada’s own words about his life in short. This
was before he left for the US and the formation of ISKCON.
I was born 1st September 1896 in Calcutta as the third son
of my father Late Gaura Mohon Dev and mother late Rajani Devi in the family of
one of very respectable Gold merchant aristocracy of Calcutta. I was educated
in the Scottish Churches College (B.A. 1920) and Netaji Subhas Candra 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 favor 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 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Goswami in 1922 and he desired me to preach in the foreign countries the
spiritual movement started by Lord Caitanya 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 association of
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 left home for good entirely to
execute the order of my spiritual master in 1954. Since then my H.Q. is at
Vrindaban and devote in literary work.
By Srila Prabhupada written on April 18 1961
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