Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, also known as J.C. Bose, was born on November 30, 1858 at Munshiganj district, now in Bangladesh.
While Jagadish Chandra Bose was a child he read in his village school. Then he was educated in St. Xavier’s school and passed B.A. examination from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta. He obtained a tripos in the science from a Cambridge University. He was also B.Sc. of the London University. He came back to India from Europe and was appointed a professor of physics in the Presidency College, Calcutta.
Jagadish Chandra Bose carried on research on Electro-magnet and plant life during 1884 to 1915. He was a great scientist. In 1900 he demonstrated his discoveries before the Science Congress in Paris. He retired from Presidency College that year.
In 1917 he founded the Bose Institute and dedicated it to the cultivation of scientific studies in India.
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose brought glory to India and left an immortal name behind him. He left this world on November 23, 1937.