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Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
प्रफुल्ल चन्द्र राय
- Born
- 2 August 1861
- Birthplace
- Jashore District, Bangladesh
- Died
- 16 June 1944
- Field
- Science
Father of Indian chemistry; discovered mercurous nitrite and founded Bengal Chemicals, India's first pharmaceutical company.
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Source: Kayastha family background as recorded in the English Wikipedia article.
