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WELCOME
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MEGH NAD SAHA
(MN SAHA)
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CHLIDHOOD
MEGHNAD SAHA WAS BORN ON 6thOCTOBER 1893
IN SHAORATOLI VILLAGE NEAR DHAKA, BRITISH INDIA.
HE WAS THE SON OF JAGANNATH SAHA AND
BHUVANESHWARI DEVI
HE WAS THE FIFTH SON OF HIS PARENTS
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MEGHNAD SAHA BELONGED TO A POOR
FAMILY AND STRUGGLED TO RISE IN LIFE
HE HAD HIS INITIAL SCHOOLING AT DHAKACOLLEGIATE SCHOOL , AND LATER MOVED
TO DHAKA COLLEGE
SAHA WAS ALSO A STUDENT AT THE
PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, KOLKATA.
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CARRIER
SAHA WAS THE PROFESSOR AT ALLAHABAD
UNIVERSITY FROM 1923 TO 1938, ANDTHEREAFTER A PROFESSOR AND DEAN OF THE
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALCUTTA UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1956.
HE BECAME THE FELLOW OF THE ROYAL
SOCIETY IN 1927.
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HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 21St SESSION OF THE
INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS IN 1934
SAHA WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE BRILLIANT
TEACHERS AND CLASS FELLOWS
ON HIS RELIGIOUS VIEWS SAHA WAS A ATHEIST
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MN SAHAS BEST KNOWN WORK
CONCERNED THE THERMALIONISATION OF ELEMENTS,AND LEAD
HIM TO FORMULATE WHAT IS KNOWNAS THE SAHA EQUATION.
SAHAS EQUATION IS ONE OF THE
BASIC TOOLS FOR INTERPRETATION OFTHE SPECTRA OF STARS INASTROPHYSICS.
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BY STUDYING THE SPECTRA OF
VARIOUS STARS , ONE CAN FIND
THEIR TEMPERATURE AND FROMTHAT, USING SAHAS EQUATION,
DETERMINE THE IONISATION STATE
OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS MAKINGUP THE STAR.
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HE BECAME A WORLD FAMOUS FIGURE
DURING THE SHORT SPAN OF HIS
LIFE.
HIS VALUABLE RESEARCH IS ON
RADIATION.
MEGHNAD SAHA OBTAINED D.Sc
DEGREE IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
GREAT SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH ON
RADIATION
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF MEGHNADSAHA TO PHYSICS IS GREAT.
HE HAD ALSO GREAT MASTERYOVER NUCLEAR PHYSICS, SPECTRO
CHEMISTRY, KINETICS AND
IONOSPHERE
IN 1926, HE BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF
INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS
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MEGHNAD SAHA DIED ON 16th
FEBRUARY 1956 AND CAUSED A
VACUUM IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE