Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray's House (Panihati)

India / Bangla / Panihati / B.T Road
 house, historic landmark
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Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944)[1] was an eminent Bengali chemist, academician and entrepreneur and the father of Chemistry in modern 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).
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Coordinates:   22°41'20"N   88°22'28"E
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