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Synopsis Patriot, Scholar and Statesman, Dr. Bhagavan Das (1869-1958) was one of those savants and sages like Sri Aurobindo and Gandhiji whom India's struggle for freedom attracted to its ranks. Taking the Master's degree in Mental and Moral Science from the Calcutta University at the age of eighteen Bhagavan Das entered Government service. He served as Tehsildar and Deputy Collector for eight years when the lure of national service gripped him and he resigned his post. He was one of the architects of the Central Hindu College at Banaras, which later blossomed into the internationally famous Banaras Hindu University. It is however, as a profound thinker and author that Dr. Bhagavan Das is better known. He has written a number of books in English, Sanskrit and Hindi on philosophy, psychology and sociology. His other books in English include Science of Emotions, Science of Peace and Science of Sacred World. In collaboration with Dr. Annie Besant he translated the Bhagavad Gita into English and wrote a lucid commentary on it. Two of his books Essential Unity of All Religions and Krishna - A Study in the Theory of Avataras have been published by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. When Gandhiji started the Non-Cooperation Movement, Dr. Bhagavan Das threw himself heart and soul into it and courted imprisonment during 1921-22. He had collaborated with Desh-bandhu Citta Rajan Das and Pandit Motilal Nehru in organizing the Swaraj Party. He had been a Member of the Central Legislative Assembly. Recipient of the Doctorate of Literature from the Universities of Banaras and Allahabad, he won the signal honour that a country can give to its citizen when the President of India conferred on him the decorsation of Bharat Ratna in 1955.