Jagadish Chandra Bose, the great Indian scientist, was born in Dacca in the year 1858. He was a brilliant scholar. He went to Cambridge for higher studies after graduating from Calcutta University. Returning to India, he joined the Presidency College, Calcutta as a Professor of Physics. Gifted with an inquisitive mind, he devoted himself to research work. One of his great achievements was that he succeeded in sending electric waves without the help of any wires. He is best known for his researches on plant-life. He was the first to discover that the plants breathe anti feel in much the same way as we do. After retirement, he founded the Bose Institute which became one of the leading centers of scientific research in India. Jagadish Chandra could write excellent Bengali prose and his writings are highly’ popular all over the country.
