 During his time as Principal, Aurobindo started the nationalist publications "Jugantar", "Karmayogin" and "Bande Mataram".The student's mess at the college was frequented by students of East Bengal who belonged to the Dhaka Anushilan Samiti, and was known to be a hotbed of revolutionary nationalism, which was uncontrolled or even encouraged by the college.Students of the college who later rose to prominence in the Indian revolutionary movement include M. N. Roy.