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Prafulla Chandra Ray, The Father of Indian Chemical Science Acharya Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray was an Indian Chemist, industrialist and educationist. He is considered the father of Indian Chemical Science. He founded the first pharmaceutical company in India named Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. He was regarded as "Master of Nitrites". He is one of the best scientists that India has ever produced. Family and Education Prafulla Chandra Ray was born on 2 August 1861 at "Raruli-Katipara" village in Jessore district, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh). His father was Harish Chandra Raychowdhury who was a Kayastha zamindar. His mother was Bhubanmohini Devi. Prafulla was the third one among his seven siblings. His great grandfather Maniklal was a renowned dewan under British rule. He and his family had a connection with 'Brahma Samaj' created by Raja Rammohan Ray. Prafulla's father used to run a school in the village. So, he studied in hi...

APJ Abdul Kalam, The Missile man of India Avul Pakir Janulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist. He was the 11 th president of India. He is known as the “Missile Man of India” for his work on the development of ballistic missiles and launch vehicle technology. He was the awardee of India’s highest civilization award ‘Bharat Ratna’. Family and Education  APJ Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 in the pilgrimage centre of Rameshwaram on Pamban Island, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India). His father Jainulabdeen Marakayar was a boat owner and imam of a local mosque. His mother was Ashiamma. Kalam’s family belongs to “Marakkar”, a Muslim community of south-east Asia. Though Kalam’s family was poverty-stricken, their ancestors were wealthy traders and landowners. He was the youngest of his five siblings. Young Kalam was bound to come down to the street to earn money due to poverty. He had to sell newspapers to add to the family income. But...

Birbal Sahni was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian sub-continent. He researched fossil plants and plant evolution in India. He was the founder of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. FAMILY AND EDUCATION Birbal Sahni was born in Bhera, Shahpur, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan) on 14 November 1891. Famous meteorologist and physicist Ruchi Ram Sahni was his father. His mother was Ishwar Devi. His grandfather Karam Chand Sahni was also a scholar and well-known merchant in British India. Birbal got his interest in science from his father and grandfather. His grandfather conducted some amateur researches in the field of Chemistry. Ruchi Ram, his father was a professor of Chemistry at Government College, Lahore. When Ruchi Ram studied at Manchester, he got an opportunity to work with world-famous scientists Ernest Rutherford and Neils Bohr. So, Birbal secured an environment that is familiar to the scientific world....