Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921–1939)

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was born on 1921 May 21, at 6:07 am at Jamalpur. From his early childhood he showed exceptional talents and showed interest in spirituality and meditation. In 1939 he left Jamalpur for Kolkata to attend Vidyasagar College of the University of Calcutta.

Birth

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was born on 1921 May 21, at 6:07 am at Jamalpur. His parents were Lakshmi Narayan Sarkar (father) and Aabharani Devi (mother). Lakshmi Narayan Sarkar was a renowned Homepathic physician and Aabharani Devi was a housewife. As Prabhat Ranjan was born in dawn, initially he was named Arun. When he became four years old, he was given a new name "Prabhat Ranjan". This renaming had a background. Chittaranjan Das, a noted Indian freedom fighter and politician died on 16 June 1925, and on the same a son was born to Lakshmi Narayan Sarkar's younger brother Nirmal Chandra Sarkar. As a homage to Chittaranjan Das, Nirmal Chandra decided to name the new-born "Chittaranjan". Simultaneously Arun was renamed to Prabhat Ranjan. Later the middle name "Ranjan" was added to Lakshmi Narayan Sarkar's all son's names.

Primary education

In 1926, when Prabhat Ranjan became 5 years old, he was admitted to Keshabpur Lower Primary School. From the beginning he was a meritorious and obedient student.