It was when the flower of the educated youth of Calcutta bowed down at the feet of an illiterate ascetic.....

There were always indications, always great forerunners, but it was when the flower of the educated youth of Calcutta bowed down at the feet of an illiterate Hindu ascetic, a self-illuminated ecstatic and “mystic” without a single trace or touch of the alien thought or education upon him that the battle was won. - Sri Aurobindo in Awakening soul of India