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On May 10, 1901 at jam-packed hall of Royal Society, London he demonstrated how plants have life with crescograph. He invented telegram. Proved Eastern mind was indeed capable of scientific achievements. Remembering JC Bose, first modern scientist of India on death anniversary.
With this experiment he was able to demonstrate first time in history that plants & trees have life. His Crescograph could record motion of plant tissues to about 10 K times of their actual size. That also a century ago when instruments were not so precise. 2/n
Becane first Indian to be appointed as Professor of Physics in Presidency College & later to Imperial Education Service (IES) only on Ripon’s intervention, due to racial policy of britishers. Bose was Offered half payment vis-a-vis Europeans, in protest refused salary but taught.
In 1998, Dr. Probir found out how Bose was the real inventor of Wireless Receiver, didn't patent, but Marcony patented.

Among his other students notable were PC Mahalanobis, Meghnad Saha, SN Bose etc.

An Indian who has a crater on Moon named after him. Lest we forget.
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