Resonance - Article-in-a-Box Prafulla Chandra Rây: January 2001

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Search About Resonance Editorial Board Guidelines Subscribe Current Issue January 2001 (Contents) Back Issues Related Articles Chemical Research of Sir Prafulla Chandra Rây Acharya Prafulla Chandra at the College of Science Classics: Sir Prafulla Chandra Rây:	Article-in-a-Box Prafulla Chandra Rây A lover of literature, history and biography, one who read half-a-dozen languages, Prafulla Chandra claimed that he ‘became a chemist almost by mistake’. In practice he became the initiator of chemical research in India and the all-inspiring guru of the first research school of chemistry in the country. He became a celebrated historian of antiquarian chemistry, a champion of chemical industry and much more. Yet he remained a symbol of plain living. In Gandhiji’s words, ‘it is difficult to believe that the man in simple Indian dress wearing simpler manners could possibly be the great scientist and professor’. The scientist and professor was, in the same breath, a patriot and a social worker given to ceaseless service, an ascetic and a philanthropist who gave away his all in charity. A bachelor, a small man in feeble health, a confirmed dyspeptic, his was a case of the mind far overtaking the body. Animesh Chakravorty Read full article (PDF 21Kb)

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