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* Research on this article was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation, USAa. (NSF 0451077).
1. S.C. Ghosh, ‘Calcutta University and Science’. Presidency College of Calcutta, established in 1817 and then called the Hindu College, where Saha studied for his degree, was one such college where advanced degrees and some research in science was carried out. Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray were professors in physics and physiology, and chemistry respectively at the Presidency College when Saha was a student. Meghnad Saha and Satyendra Nath Bose were classmates at the Presidency College, Calcutta, and J.C. Bose taught them physics during their undergraduate years. Together, they published the first ...
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