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Jagadish Chandra Bose
Jagadish Chandra Bose was born on 30 November 1858 in Mymensingh
(now in Bangladesh). His father Bhagaban Chandra Bose was a Deputy
Magistrate. Bose received early education in a village vernacular school.
He was sent to Kolkata at the age of 11 to learn English and was educated
at St Xavier’s School and College. He was a brilliant student. He passed
BA in Physical Sciences in 1879.
In 1880, Bose went to England. He studied medicine at London
University for a year, but gave it up because of his own ill health. Within
a year, he moved to Cambridge to take up a scholarship to study Natural
Science at Christ’s College, Cambridge. In 1885, he returned from abroad
with a BSc degree and Natural Science Tripos (a special course of study
at Cambridge).
After his return, he got a lecturer’s job at Presidency College,
Kolkata with a salary half that of his English colleagues. He accepted
the job but refused to draw his salary in protest. After three years the
college ultimately conceded his demand and Jagdish Chandra Bose
was paid full salary from the date he joined the college. As a teacher,
Jagdish Chandra Bose was very popular and engaged the interest of his
students by making extensive use of scientific demonstrations. Many of