| Name(s) |
MEGHNAD SAHA |
| Date of
Birth |
October 06, 1893
– Dhaka (Now in Bangladesh), Bengal, Undivided India. |
| Date of
Death |
February 16, 1956
– Delhi, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian
astrophysicist |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is an best known for his development of the
Saha equation, used to describe chemical and physical
conditions in stars.
- He belonged to a poor family and had to struggle a lot
to achieve the rise in life.
- He was the first director of Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science (IACS), the oldest research institute
in India.
- Shortly after the end of the First World War there was
announcement confirming Einstein's theory of general
relativity.
- Saha got deeply interested in the relativity theory. He,
jointly with Satyendra Nath Bose, prepared an English
translation of Einstein's papers, later published in the
form of a book by the University of Calcutta.
- The study of relativity led Saha publish many research
papers. Based on these, the Calcutta University awarded him
the D.Sc. degree in 1918.
- In 1940 the British rulers in Delhi formed a Board for
scientific and Industrial Research (BSIR) with Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar as the head. Saha was invited to be a member.
- His works have been recognized the world over and,
according to some, his findings were one of the top ten
achievements of science in the 20th century.
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