Updated: July 19, 2020
Acharya Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. A leading Bengali nationalist, he established the first Indian research school in chemistry and is regarded as the father of chemical science in India. The Royal Society of Chemistry honoured his life and work with the first ever Chemical Landmark Plaque outside Europe. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company. He is the author of A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of Sixteenth Century (1902). He was born on 2nd August 1861 and died on 16th June 1944.
Prafulla Chandra Raychowdhary was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara, then in the Jessore District (subsequently in the Khulna District), which was then situated in the eastern portion of the Bengal Presidency of British India (now in present-day Bangladesh). He was the third child and son of Harish Chandra Raychowdhury, a moderately wealthy Kayastha zamindar and his wife Bhubanmohini Devi. Ray was one of seven siblings, having four brothers: Jnanendra Chandra, Nalini Kanta, Purna Chandra and Buddha Dev and two sisters: Indumati and Belamati.
Prafulla Chandra Ray remained a bachelor throughout his life who took active participation in politics.
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