Pramatha Nath Bose
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Pramatha Nath Bose was a pioneering India
n geologist
and paleontologist. P. N. Bose was educated at Krishnagar College and later at St. Xavier's College
of the University of Calcutta
when he obtained a Gilchrist
scholarship to study in London in 1874. During his study at Cambridge he became a friend of Rabindranath Tagore
. He was one of the early Indians to join the Geological Survey of India
as a graded officer. His initial work was on the Siwalik fossils. He is credited with the discovery of petroleum in Assam and the setting up of the first soap factory in India and was instrumental in the setting up of Jamshedpur by writing to J. N. Tata about the rich iron ore reserves.
A grandson of Pramatha Nath Bose is Indian Filmmaker Amit Bose
. Pramatha Nath was married to Kamala Dutt ( Daughter of Romesh Chunder Dutt, Ex President of Congress party and an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.) One of his Sons Director Madhu Bose was married to actress - dancer Sadhana Sen ( Grand daughter of Keshub Chandra Sen )
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
and paleontologist. P. N. Bose was educated at Krishnagar College and later at St. Xavier's College
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
St. Xavier's College is located in Kolkata, India, and is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India. It is an autonomous college affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It gained autonomy in July 2006, thus becoming the first autonomous college of...
of the University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
when he obtained a Gilchrist
John Borthwick Gilchrist
John Borthwick Gilchrist FRSE was a Scottish surgeon and Indologist.-Early life:Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh to merchant Walter Gilchrist, who disappeared the year he was born...
scholarship to study in London in 1874. During his study at Cambridge he became a friend of Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
. He was one of the early Indians to join the Geological Survey of India
Geological Survey of India
Geological Survey of India , established in 1851 is a government organization in India which is an attached office to the Ministry of Mines of Union Government of India for conducting geological surveys and studies. It is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world and the second oldest...
as a graded officer. His initial work was on the Siwalik fossils. He is credited with the discovery of petroleum in Assam and the setting up of the first soap factory in India and was instrumental in the setting up of Jamshedpur by writing to J. N. Tata about the rich iron ore reserves.
A grandson of Pramatha Nath Bose is Indian Filmmaker Amit Bose
Amit Bose
Amit Bose is an Indian Filmmaker, Film Director and Editor, who directed all-time classics like and, as an Editor, worked on movies like Madhumati , Sujata , Parakh , , Kabuliwala , , Bandini and Shakespeare Wallah...
. Pramatha Nath was married to Kamala Dutt ( Daughter of Romesh Chunder Dutt, Ex President of Congress party and an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.) One of his Sons Director Madhu Bose was married to actress - dancer Sadhana Sen ( Grand daughter of Keshub Chandra Sen )
Writings
- Bose, P.N., 1880. Undescribed Fossil Carnivora from the Siválik Hills in the Collection of the British Museum. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 1880; v. 36; issue 1-4; p. 119-136.
- Bose, P.N., 1884. Geology of Lower Narbada Valley between Nimawar and Kawant. Memoir Geological Survey of India. 21, pt. 1.
- Bose, P.N., 1896. A History of Hindu Civilization. (3 Volumes)
- Bose, P.N., 1908. Notes on the Geology and Mineral Resources of Rajpipla State. Records of the Geological Survey of India. 37, 167-190.
External links
- Statue in Jamshedpur
- Tata Steel pays tribute to P. N. Bose on his 154th Birth Anniversary
- A History of Hindu Civilization