Sri Aurobindo Yogi, Philosopher, Poet, Patriot, Social and Political thinker was born in Calcutta on 15th August, 1872. At the age of seven he was taken to England for education. He obtained employment in the service of the Maharaja of Baroda and returned to India in 1893. Sri Aurobindo served thirteen years in the administrative and educational departments of the Baroda State. He stayed in Baroda, from 1893 to 1906.

The building which was later known as Sri Aurobindo Nivas was the hallowed residence of Sri Aurobindo from 1901 to 1906.