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SWATANTRATA KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV
working in the Geological Survey, Botanical Survey, Zoological Survey, Archaeological Survey and Survey of India had worked on scientific research and their research was published in the journals in England. The knowledge from India was used for the advancement of science in England. The scientific advancement was not used for the benefit of India. The British didn’t want the Indians to do any research in India.
Jagadish Chandra Bose was the first scientist to oppose this injustice. After teaching for ten years, in 1894, he started his research work. He didn’t receive any help from the British. He had set up his own laboratory and incurred all the expenditure. The research conducted by him was unparalleled; even the scientists from the European countries could not achieve the success he received. James Clark Maxwell had propounded the principle of electromagnetic waves and he needed to verify it through experiments. Till then no one in the world had generated microwaves. This was done by Jagadish Chandra Bose for the first time in the world. He then went to London and presented his research there. However, Marconi later received the Nobel prize for the invention. We can easily imagine the struggle these scientists had to face.
Jagadish Chandra Bose reiterated the fact that till the time we do not succeed in creating knowledge, we would not be
honoured in the world. The British wanted to suppress this. Today, he is not only called the ‘father of microwave’ but also the ‘father of Biophysics’. He is also considered the father of Plant Neurobiology. Jagadish Chandra can also be considered the ‘father of Chronobiology’ which is an emerging field. The 2017 Nobel Prize was awarded in this and it involves researches on circadian rhythm. It was Bose who had studied this modern science for the first time. He was the first to imagine that plants also sleep. Today the modern science accepts this, but the British tried to suppress it at that time.
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray wrote ‘A History of Hindu Chemistry’ which became very popular at that time. The science journal Nature published the excerpts from the book. P.C. Ray wrote this book to raise the self-esteem of the Indian people. How one could have self-esteem without being self- sufficient first? Acharya Ray had this thought in 1901. For building modern industries one needs the help of science. He experienced this when he was a student at the University of Edinburgh in England. He started the first swadeshi industry, The Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works in India.
We know that the Tata Steel was established in the year 1907. After resigning from Geological Survey of India in 1903, Pramatha Nath Bose came in contact with Jamsetji
Tata Steel Plant
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