Who is Jagdish Chandra Basu after all?

Shri Jagdish Chandra Basu was born on 30 November 1858 in Radikhal village of Dhaka Bangladesh. His father Shri Bhagwan Chandra Basu was the Deputy Collector. He was a great gentleman and an egoless person of straight nature. He was completely Indian in soul and culture. With the aim of making his son a true countryman, instead of an English school, he was enrolled in a nearby village school. Most of the children of farmers and fishermen used to study in that rustic school of the village. Staying with him, he learned the true lesson of humanity. Got the true lesson of life. He also fell in love with his mother tongue due to the discussion with him. This true lesson of life always worked for him. Went to Calcutta from the village, graduated in science and became a science teacher in Presidency College. Indians were paid less in the college than the English teachers. They protested against this unjust discrimination and demanded full pay and equal rights. Refused to accept low salary. Financial crunch came, bought a cheap house across the river. While crossing the river by rowing the boat with his own hands, his wife also cooperated fully in this. Struggled for three years and in the end, the college students had to bow down before his determination. They agreed to pay full salary to Indians also. Basu's job was confirmed and all the back wages were also received.

Immortals of Indian Science

Apart from teaching, Basu used to spend the rest of his time in scientific experiments. He had special interest in photography. When there was no facility, he made a small laboratory at home. Used to experiment on electromagnetic waves. One day Basu was able to send signals without wires with the help of small instruments made by himself. Nowadays radio works on the basis of these. In this way, Jagdish Chandra Basu is the real inventor of the wireless wire. But he could not get the credit for this due to the circumstances. The result was that other foreign scientists took the game forward by taking their discovery forward. Marconi of Italy is considered to be the inventor of radio. Basu had never learned to accept defeat in his life. All his hard work had gone in vain, yet he did not get disheartened. This time he chose the field of study on trees and plants and this discovery also proved to be a boon for him. Because of this discovery, his name became immortal in botany. With this discovery, Basu proved that trees and plants also have life like animals. They also breathe like us, they wake up while sleeping. They are also affected by heat, cold and happiness and sorrow.

Initially, scientists did not accept his words. Then he made such a device, in which the movement of trees and plants was automatically recorded. Due to this, his speed was also visible one crore times and the effect of different types of stimuli could also be seen clearly. Big scientists in London were very surprised by his discovery and he was nominated a member of the Royal Society. He proved the invention to the people by direct experiment in many countries. In 1917, he established a big laboratory which is famous as Bose Institute or Basu Vigyan Mandir. In 1917, the government honored him with the title of Sir. Science was his life. Not only this, at the time of his death he also invested all his wealth in Vigyan Mandir. He died suddenly of a heart attack on 23 November 1937. This Vibhuti of science is not among us today, but due to raising the name of India in the scientific world, his name will always remain immortal as a scientific sage.

The greatest scientist Einstein had said "Each and every work of Dr. Basu is so important that a victory column should be established for each".

Till the end, he didn't even patent his discoveries, didn't take financial advantage, but kept earning his livelihood by hard work. He kept one-fifth of his salary for himself, and spent the rest in public service and research. He used to say that the criterion of evaluation of human life is not the earning of glory, but it is the ideal-oriented hard work, due to which we are able to give something meaningful and useful to the society. The meaning of life lies in taking less and giving more. In this way the individual remains satisfied and the society happy. Such were the ideals. Our Scientist Sage Sir Jagdish Chandra Basu.