In the mean time an untoward incident occurred in Santiniketan. On 10th Asharh (25 Jun) Saroj Chandra Majumdar (Bhola) died due to a severe heart attack. His classmate Sudhiranjan Das wrote in his memoir about this incident :
At that time we, the students of Matriculation examination, used to stay in the new room constructed on the west side attached to the library (present Pathbhavan office) building. One day it was moon lit night (full moon, 8 Asharh). Surhid, I and some others had been out in the play ground after our dinner at night. By chance we saw that some fellow were moving towards our room with lamp. We came and saw that Bhola was lying on his bed conscienceless and Gurudev was sitting by his side on a chair spell bound. He was looking Bhola with non-stop eye lips and some medicine of Biochemic was on the tri-pot.After some time Doctor Haricharan Babu came from Bolpur , examined his heart, back and pulse and said he was no more. Gurudev was looking pale and sad.
On the next day (11 Asharh), Rabindranath wrote Achyut Chandra Sarkar, one of the classmate of Saroj Chandra,
Bhola died by heart attack last night. Santosh went to Calcutta to inform his mother. Saroj Chandra was dear to every body due to his good behavior. On 26th Asharh (10 July), in the condolence meeting, Trigunananda Roy read ';'Bandhu Jibani' . 'Mrityu' written by him, 'Mrityute' written by Hemalata Devi, and 'Khelabhanga' written by Hiralal Sen were published in the magazine of the Ashram. May be, those articles had also been read in the condolence meeting.
The students of the Ashram in 1318 Bangabda published a collected works of Saroj Chandra, titled 'Saroj Smrity', a 80 page document containing prose and poetry written by Saroj Chandra Majumadar.
Just after the death of Saroj Chandra Majumdar the students published a magazine, named "Saroj Smriti" and determined to construct a monument on the place where his funeral was done.
Rabindranath delivered a lecture in the Mandir of the Ashram mentioning his memoir of Saroj Chandra Majumdar. The lecture note was taken by Amalendu Sengupta and published in the magazine 'Shanti' on 15 Asharh (29 Jun) titled 'Mrityu'.
" This death is carrying the souls from life to beyond life, from time to beyond time so death is a living being. Death attributes the proper shape of the soul which we were using for our small work, small purpose, small feelings everyday .You were not able to see his soul because you have mixed with him as friend. He was camouflaged by his outwardly behavior. But the death has taken away all his guards and he had been free from his masks to express his real feature. The death has shown the vast magnitude of his soul which is brighter than anything.
Now you perceive him in this fashion and you have come forward to protect his memory so eagerly. Now you are trying to preserve the immortality he has in him. You want to make him immortal of the immortality of his soul.
Death has taught me to think that he is not small, he is not my disciple rather he is my Guru."
At that time we, the students of Matriculation examination, used to stay in the new room constructed on the west side attached to the library (present Pathbhavan office) building. One day it was moon lit night (full moon, 8 Asharh). Surhid, I and some others had been out in the play ground after our dinner at night. By chance we saw that some fellow were moving towards our room with lamp. We came and saw that Bhola was lying on his bed conscienceless and Gurudev was sitting by his side on a chair spell bound. He was looking Bhola with non-stop eye lips and some medicine of Biochemic was on the tri-pot.After some time Doctor Haricharan Babu came from Bolpur , examined his heart, back and pulse and said he was no more. Gurudev was looking pale and sad.
On the next day (11 Asharh), Rabindranath wrote Achyut Chandra Sarkar, one of the classmate of Saroj Chandra,
Bhola died by heart attack last night. Santosh went to Calcutta to inform his mother. Saroj Chandra was dear to every body due to his good behavior. On 26th Asharh (10 July), in the condolence meeting, Trigunananda Roy read ';'Bandhu Jibani' . 'Mrityu' written by him, 'Mrityute' written by Hemalata Devi, and 'Khelabhanga' written by Hiralal Sen were published in the magazine of the Ashram. May be, those articles had also been read in the condolence meeting.
The students of the Ashram in 1318 Bangabda published a collected works of Saroj Chandra, titled 'Saroj Smrity', a 80 page document containing prose and poetry written by Saroj Chandra Majumadar.
Just after the death of Saroj Chandra Majumdar the students published a magazine, named "Saroj Smriti" and determined to construct a monument on the place where his funeral was done.
Rabindranath delivered a lecture in the Mandir of the Ashram mentioning his memoir of Saroj Chandra Majumdar. The lecture note was taken by Amalendu Sengupta and published in the magazine 'Shanti' on 15 Asharh (29 Jun) titled 'Mrityu'.
" This death is carrying the souls from life to beyond life, from time to beyond time so death is a living being. Death attributes the proper shape of the soul which we were using for our small work, small purpose, small feelings everyday .You were not able to see his soul because you have mixed with him as friend. He was camouflaged by his outwardly behavior. But the death has taken away all his guards and he had been free from his masks to express his real feature. The death has shown the vast magnitude of his soul which is brighter than anything.
Now you perceive him in this fashion and you have come forward to protect his memory so eagerly. Now you are trying to preserve the immortality he has in him. You want to make him immortal of the immortality of his soul.Death has taught me to think that he is not small, he is not my disciple rather he is my Guru."
