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 him to introduce a Bill for legalizing Brahmo marriages. In 1870 he visited England and was well received, visiting the chief towns of England and Scotland, and speaking at more than 70 public meetings and chapels. On his return to India he established the Indian Reform Association : the Bharat Asram, or Indian Hermitage, was opened in 1872 : in 1872 he saw the Brahmo Marriage Act passed. From 1875 to 1878 he was employed in improving the organization of the Brahmo Samaj, but his popularity among his countrymen decreased, chiefly on account of his marrying his daughter to the young Maharaja of Cooch Behar, both of them being under the ages fixed by the Brahmo Marriage Act. His appeal to Adesa, or the voice of his conscience, in this and other matters, failed to satisfy his followers. This created a schism, and a new Samaj, called the Sadharan or Catholic Brahmo Samaj, was founded on May 15. From 1880 he preached a new dispensation, in which simple Theism was replaced by mystical doctrines, claiming special divine inspiration. For the rest of his life he suffered from nervous depression. In person Keshab Chandra Sen was a handsome, powerfully built man, 6 feet high. He was simple and pure in character, almost austere in his habits, singularly modest, and thoroughly independent : died Jan. 8, 1884.

SEN, NARENDRA NATH (1843–)

Born Feb. 23, 1843 : educated at the Hindu College and privately : joined the staff of the Indian Field, then edited by Kisori Chand Mitra : in 1861 became a contributor to the Indian Mirror and edited it in 1863, when Manmohan Ghose (q.v.) went to England : admitted an Attorney of the Calcutta High Court, Dec. 1866 : became in 1879 sole proprietor and editor of the Indian Mirror, then a daily paper : a Municipal Commissioner and Honorary Magistrate, 1880 : joined the Indian National Congress at Bombay, 1885 : represented the Calcutta Municipality in the Bengal Legislative Council, 1897–9.

SEN, RAM DAS (1845–1887)

Bom Dec. 10, 1845 : son of Lai Mohan Sen, who was nephew of Krisna Kanta Sen, of Berhampur, Musshibabad, Diwan to the Salt Board of the E.I. Co. in the eighteenth century : wrote both poetry and prose : contributed to vernacular journals : entered upon antiquarian and philosophical researches, for which he visited Europe in 1885 : was called "the literary zamindar" : wrote the Aitihasik Rahazza and numerous Bengali books : M.R.A.S. : M.R.A.S.B : member of the British Indian Association of Bengal : of the Sanskrit Text Society of London : of the Asiatic Society of Italy, and the Oriental Academy of Florence, from which he received the title of Doctor : he died Aug. 19, 1887 : on his bust, placed at Berhampur, he was described as an eminent Oriental scholar, a learned antiquarian, and a staunch friend of education.

SEN, RAM KOMAL (1783–1844)

Born March 15, 1783 : commenced his English studies in Calcutta about 18o1 : held appointments at a Hindustani Press and a hospital before he served at the Fort William College in 1812 : clerk of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1818, afterwards its Native Secretary, and rose to a membership of its Council : member of the managing Committee of the Hindu College, on its opening in 1817 : on the first Committee of the Calcutta School Book Society, 1818 : completed his English-Bengali dictionary of 700 pages in 1830 : appointed Diwan, or Head, of the Native Establishment of the Calcutta Mint by Dr. H. H. Wilson, 1831 : Treasrurer of the Bank of Bengal, 1833 : member of the Council of Education, 1839 : a manager of the Parental Academy : joint-founder (with Dr. W. Carey), Native Secretary, 1829, and one of the Vice-Presidents, of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 1844 : member of the Medical Education Committee : wrote on the sanitation of Calcutta : died Aug. 2, 1844.

SENART, EMILE CHARLES MARIE (1847–)

Oriental scholar : born at Rheims March 26, 1847 : son of J. Senart, a magistrate : educated at the Lycee at Rheims, at the Universities of Munich and Gottingen (studying Sanskrit under Benfey) of independent means : devoted himself