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'''Sujata Nahar''' (12 December 1925 – 4 May 2007) was born in [[Calcutta]], and spent her formative years near the poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. At the age of seven, she lost her mother. Her father, searching for another meaning to life, turned to [[Sri Aurobindo]] and [[Mirra Alfassa|the Mother]]. In this way, Sujata also came to Sri Aurobindo in 1935, at age nine. She received private tutoring, and became secretary to [[Pavitra (disciple)|Pavitra]], the Mother's disciple.  She met [[Satprem]] in 1954.  Later, the Mother entrusted her with the typing up of her private conversations with Satprem, which later became ''[[The Agenda (Mother)|The Agenda]]. '' From 1965 to 1973 Sujata regularly accompanied Satprem to his meetings with Mother.

Later, Sujata wrote the popular and well-researched 8-volume biography of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo, ''Mother's Chronicles''. So far{{When|date=September 2021}}, six volumes have appeared in [[English language|English]]. The books are also being translated into [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], and several Indian languages.

She died shortly after her companion, Satprem, at age 81.

==References==
* Nahar, Sujata (1985–2002) ''Mother's chronicles''.- Paris: Institut de Recherches Evolutives, Paris & Mira Aditi, Mysore.- Bk. 1. Mirra—Bk. 2. Mirra the Artist—Bk. 3. Mirra the Occultist. Bk. 4. Mirra – Sri Aurobindo—Bk. 5. Mirra meets the Revolutionary—Bk. 6. Mirra in South India (6 vol. set)

==External links==
* [http://www.ire-miraditi.org/miraditi/sat-suj.html Satprem and Sujata] – biography

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