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The man who found Mercury sulphide and invented Soap!

Chakrapāni Dutta
Chakrapāni Dutta was a Ayurveda physician and sanskrit scholar,
He was born in the village of Mayureshwar of Bangal in the Brahmin family.
Chakrapāni discovered mercury sulphide. The credit for inventing soap also goes to him, he used mustard oil and some alkalies as ingredients for making soap.
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If I say Nagi Reddy, this name doesn't reckon much for many, but Vikram & Betal Stories???
If AmaraChitraKatha came with toons, #Chandamama came with stories..
It taught as Moral, Ethics, Integrity, Nationalism & introduced quizzical, puzzling #VikramBetalStories
Nagireddy was a great visionary & a man who who was a master in multiple sectors.
If Chandamama enriched readers through books, his movies gave masses knowledge about Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavatha & Puranas.
All these were before Ramayana & Mahabharata came in Doordarshan.
It's not an exaggeration to say, NagiReddy gave immense fame 4 NTR & Nageshwar Rao.
He had a partnr, #Chakrapani who was a screenwriter
This combination delivrd successful films for decades in multiple languages.
At one time, his #VijayaVahinStudios at Chennai was Asia's Largest.
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