barindra ghosh was born at croydon, near london on 5 january 1880. his father, dr. krishnadhan ghosh, was a physician and district surgeon. his mother swarnalata was the daughter of the brahmo religious and social reformer, scholar rajnarayan basu. revolutionary and a spiritualist in later life, aurobindo ghosh was barindranath's third elder brother. his second elder brother, manmohan ghose, was a scholar of english literature, a poet and professor of english at presidency college, calcutta and at dhaka university. he also had a elder sister named sarojini ghosh.