PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY

PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY (1861 – 1944)   Dr P.C.Ray was the legendary  Indian Chemist, academiclan , and an entrepreneurs.. He was the founder  of The Bengal Chemical Works India’s  first pharmaceutical  company. He discovered mercurous nitrite and Indian Calcium tonic. Apart from o great scientist, he was also a staunch freedom fighter and a great science popularizer. His book  the Life  and Experience of A Bengali Chemist was popular during British rule in India. He had a strong faith in Indian culture and Mahatma Gandhi. Acharya Prafulla Chandra ray  was a con-temporary Indian scientist and a close friend of Sir J.C.Bose. The Government of India paid a fit tribute by releasing a postal stamp in his honor.