Achievement & Discovery

Abstract

A Pioneer Chemist in India: Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy

A great teacher, a freedom fighter and a pioneer in chemical industry who got international acclaim - Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy was b om on 1861 in Raruli - Katipara, Khulna district. His father Harish Chandra Roy belonged to a wealthy cultured family. For son's higher education his parents with Prafulla Chandra moved to Calcutta, where in the Hare School Prafulla Chandra got admitted. He learnt Latin and Greek at the age of ten and in later ages he le am t several languages. In 1874 though he joined Albert School, he left for his village to help the poor villagers and to spend time with them.