Sir, Jagadish Chandra Bose. Also known as Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, a well-suited home-driven title conferred by Rabindra Nath Tagore. According to Bose, Plants could respond and react. So, could everything else. May it be a stone feeling sad or a piece of Tin in distress. A pioneer in the research of microwaves, Bose was backed with science and logic. It reflected the wisdom of the Upanishads. That is “all is one”.

We are articulating about the pioneer who marked Bharat on the World Science Forum. The period was the dawn of 1800. Britishers considered Indians gifted in Sciences. However, our capability to deal with precise science was disregarded. Religion was thought of as our domain. Moreover, as an Indian, It was comparable to cracking a bone before every step.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION

He was the son of soil. Trivia on the Internet provides ‘Bikrampur ‘ for his place of birth. It is Bose’s native village. Very much in Bangladesh now as is his place of birth ‘Mymensigh’. In the 1800’s both the villages were part of the undivided Bengal.
Bose was born on November 30th in the year 1858. As you will indulge forward in the article, it will reveal the wonderments of Bose’s life. They can be credited to the conscientious and aboriginal upbringing of his parents. Life could have been a formatted pedagogy for Bose.
He was born to Bhagwan Chandra Bose. A worthy leader of Brahmo Samaj. Along with it, he moved in the corridors of power as the Deputy Magistrate/Assistant Commissioner. As with every lordly status, the direction was indeed towards an English school. Further to a degree from a notable college. Finally, off to London to contend for the Indian Civil Services seat.

But for junior Bose neither was it his fate nor was it an accident. Rather he was sent to a vernacular school consciously. He was the son of strong-willed parents. The dogma of peer pressure and boaster of power had no place in their lives.
Gagadish grew up among the children of fishermen, laborer, his father’s Muslim attendant  and alike. Conversing in the native language with them.
Their stories illuminated him. His formative years in Faridpur gave him an in-depth understanding of a common man’s day-to-day struggles.
They were invited to his home as equals. Bose knew his mother was an orthodoxly-fashioned woman. But this never gave way to an excuse for mistreating any of his pals. They were not untouchable at his house. Therefore, his childhood was unique.
At the age of Nine, he left home to join ‘Hare School ‘ in Calcutta. School went well unlike his college. After school a challenge greeted him. He knew he could not shy away from looking the storm in the eye. He was the bison. The sooner confrontation the more favorable.
His diction had become a source of entertainment at St, Xaviers. The native pronunciation, affected by local languages besmeared him red for bullies.
Well! It was thought so. But this rustic boy believed in restraining the bull by its horns. Bose challenged the most formidable Boxing Champion of the college. To everyone’s surprise, it did not take multiple punches to put him off his toes for Bose. That victory built a stage of valour for Bose.
He was growing up, unlike the children in his circle. Hence, his life leads to a path less trodden. Interestingly, after college Bose was up and steady for the standard high-class goals.

It was contending for Indian Civil Services in London. But his father counselled him otherwise. He advised him to pursue research and illuminate the streets of science in India. Rather than becoming a tyrant to his people.
In 1880, Bose left India to study Medicine at the University of London. But it was not meant to be.

He contracted cholera before leaving for London. The unremitting illness took a toll on him. Adding to it the stench of the dissection room is also alleged to have added to his condition. The result was the discontinuation of the course.
However, his brilliance saw no speed breakers. In the same year, Bose secured a 100% scholarship at Cambridge University. Through this, he earned a Natural Science Tripos Degree in 1884. In the same year, he was also vested with an M.A. from Cambridge.

MARRIAGE

Sir, Jagadish Chandra Bose married a woman of equal mettle. In 1887, the daughter of a notable Bharhmo Samaj reformer, Durga Mohan Das, Abala Das married him. Abala had already made her life a distinction. An ace student with the mind of a reformist, she wanted to do medicine. After she was denied a seat for being a female student by Calcutta Medical College, she secured a seat at Madras Medical College. The timing of their marriage and the financial crises tested the newlywed couple. Both were made of steel hence cleared all the hurdles together. Abala Bose was known as one of the early feminists.

She wrote modern reviews in English magazines. She advocated that women should be entitled to take more in-depth and extended education. Abala believed that a woman and a man are the minds first and the body later. Hence should be treated as equals.
She wanted to clear the basics of the education system. Her thoughts lead to the institutionalization of pre-primary and primary teacher training. She was the first Indian to bring a formal training program. This led to the establishment of ‘Vidyasagar Bani Bhavan Primary Teachers Training Institute’ in 1925. She did not shy away from assisting in promoting education.
After losing her husband in 1961, she granted a massive sum of Rs 10,000,000 to set up the Adult Primary Education Centre. This grant was in favor of Sister Nivedita Women’s Education Fund.

Abala also helped in setting up Nari Shiksha Samiti. It was a Non -Profit making society and was registered under, Act XXI of 1860.
Leading with an example Abala established 88 primary schools and 14 adult educational centers during her lifetime. These schools were active in different parts of the undivided Bengal.
Lady Abala did her best to break even the men’s and women’s rights. She also established Mahila Shilpa Bhavan in Calcutta. It was set up to help distressed women. She opened a vocational training program for the widows especially, at Jhargram.
Abala was in every way a destined partner of Sir, J.C.Bose.

BOSE EXPERIMENTS AND PATENTS

Acharya Bose was not nosy for patents on his work. He regarded his research and experiments as a benefit for the human race. Hence, he kept them open for all. His magnanimous character never blocked anyone from using them. His work was open for both personal and commercial benefit.

He was regarded as 60 years ahead of his time. It was Bose who gave the first demonstration of microwaves. The venue was the Town Hall of Calcutta. To everyone’s amazement, he rang a bell and ignited gunpowder by using microwaves. Bose called it ‘Adrisya Alok’ or ‘invisible Light’.
To take advantage of time is the art of a great mind. Bose spoke about the invisible light passing through walls, doors etc. He used the opportunity to prove it by passing it through the body of the; Lieutenant Governor of Bengal’, who was present at the function.
Marconi and Bose met in 1896. Marconi was working on wireless. Bose’s work was open to all. They discussed the diagrams of wireless at length. The whispers have it that the diary carrying wireless microwave diagrams was stolen from Bose’s hotel room in London.
Anywhich ways, Marconi’s first public demonstration of wireless came only after two years of Bose’s presentation. The research is credited to Marconi.
Bose was a humanitarian. He believed in every form of life. Through research, he proved both organic and in-organic forms have feelings. A sad stone, distressed tin, and scared cabbage were a reality.
His landmark research on plant responses had ingredients from his kitchen garden. They were a leave, a carrot and a turnip.
J.C.Bose computed that half a pea could discharge half a volt. 500 volts can be obtained by arranging 500 boiling peas. He conducted a study on Living and Non-Living things. The comparison between the skins of a frog, a lizard and a tortoise with the skins of a grape and Tomato did not differ much. This was his observation while studying their electric impulse. He proved that plants treated with care and affection give out positive vibrations in comparison to the plants treated differently.
Bose though not interested in patents became the first Indian to get a US patent (NO: 755840) in 1904. He also became the first Indian to be recognized by IEEE for his work on millimetre band radio.
He was an asset to the world. On his 158th Birthday anniversary ‘Google ‘published a doodle that featured one of his inventions in plant science.
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose had his strongest support system in Rabindra Nath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda. Tagore wrote poems in his praise and also penned down the anthem for Bose Institute. Swami Vivekanand praised Bose for bringing science to the concept that all life is one.

STRUGGLES OF BOSE

A reference letter to Lord Ripon assured Bose’s job at Presidency College, Calcutta. He joined as an officiating professor. These were the days when Indians were not considered a competition to the British. A British professor was paid Rs 300 per month. while Bose was offered only Rs 100. This was gracefully rejected by him. Regardless, he continued with his duties for three years without compensation.
Bose’s character made him toil without expecting results. There were times when his research paper could not make a place in foreign journals. Many times they were printed in somebody else name.

He began his research and experiments from an undersized room in Calcutta. It lacked the bare lowest facilities.
It took him years to gain weight as an Indian scientist pushing his part of the world to center stage in science.
His parents’ upbringing gave him his share of the sky. During his childhood days. His father was invariably present to respond to his endless questions. While he answered them patiently. He also made sure that his young inquisitive son explored his truth when he grew up.
So, his son did.