5.) Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937) Jagadish Chandra Basu was India's first scientific researcher, and this is the person who said that there is life in plants too. Jagdish Chandra Basu was also elected the Fellow of 'Royal Society London' for his achievements and physical and biological. Jagadish Chandra Bose was a multi-talented Indian scientist who also invented wireless communication. He also proved that "Plants have life 115 years ago". In November 1895, Bose presented a public demonstration at Town Hall in Calcutta where he sent an electromagnetic wave across 75 feet, passing through walls to remotely ring a bell and to explode some gunpowder Bose is known as the father of wireless communication. He had invented the Mercury Coherer, …show more content…
He became a naturalized citizen of the United States. As of the fall of 1970 Khorana has been Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Biology and Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 10.) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) Dr Kalam also is known as People's President was known for his biggest contributions to his motherland India. He worked mainly at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and was intimately involved in India's civilian space programme and military missile development efforts. He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organizational, technical, and political role in India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974. Kalam was elected as the 11th President of India in 2002 with the support of both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the then-opposition Indian National Congress. Widely referred to as the "People's President," he returned to his civilian life of education, writing and public service after a single
This also was a successful invention he had. This invention was used a lot in world war 1. Also, In 1914 he received the first Gold medal at the international Exposition of Sanitation and safety in New York City. It was of July 25, 1916, which was the another reason why he got the medal. Making national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped during an explosion in an underground tunnel 250 ft beneath Lake Erie.
Ashoka Around 2,000 years ago the people of India regained self-rule. The people of India like all countries, wanted their own design on their flag. They picked the Ashoka Chakra (BGE).
Then NASA put him as a NASA administrator. He had developed a space launch system rocket. He has also designed a Naval aviator in May 1970. Mr. Bolden had a good career and invented some stuff in part of his life.
Gregor Mendel was the one who created the basic principles of heredity through experiments with his pea plants. Mendel carried out his work with ordinary garden peas, partly because peas are small and
Kamehameha and Mohanda Gandhi were both effective leaders because they were persuasive, they both had a crucial effect on the society, and they both were very convincing to other people. Gandhi came from a low-class family in India, his father was a chief minister of Porbandar and his mother was a practitioner of Vaishnavism. Gandhi was appalled by discrimination that he experienced during his immigration in South Africa. Kamehameha was raised by his uncle, Kalani`opu`u who was the former ruler of the Big Island. Kamehameha’s conquest was to unite all the Hawaiian islands, and he was able to succeed.
He tried to clean the Indian society of the caste system. He later became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920. He participated in many non-violent protests to fight against the British. His resistance to colonialism is partnered by his powerful
Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, was the first to discover radio waves. In addition he discovered, developed, and sold the first long-distance telegraph. Resulting from his discoveries, the distance across oceans and between borders became smaller. The sending of data became faster and many lives were saved. For example the surviving passengers of the titanic were able to be rescued because of Marconi’s inventions.
Gandhi once said, “An eye-for-an-eye makes the whole world blind.” What he meant is that fighting violence with violence helped no one. During his lifetime, Gandhi fought against oppressive British rule in India, and his journey was known throughout the world. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela both shared Gandhi’s thirst for freedom, basing their respective movements for peace on Gandhi’s. All three men fought peacefully for equality, whether it was for India’s freedom from the British empire, emancipation from apartheid laws that prohibited black Africans from being truly free, or liberation from Jim Crow laws to keep black Americans inferior to whites.
“He invented a water-powered blowing-engine for the casting of iron agricultural implements that allowed people to enjoy great benefit for little labor.”
Alexander Hamilton i. Alexander Hamilton was born in 1755 and became one of the leading founding fathers of the United States. He was a strong opinioned federalist. ii. Alexander also became the first Secretary of the Treasury. While being the secretary of the Treasury he wanted to assume states debts into a federal system of tax in order to help get the newly independent country out of debt.
Benjamin Banneker was an important mathematician who was also African American. Banneker was born on November 9, 1731 in Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland. He always had an interest in mathematics while his grandmother, a freed slave, taught him. His grandmother was not his only source of learning, though, for he also attended a Quaker school until the 8th grade (Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), n.d., p. xx).
The standards he put forward in the book framed the premise for cutting edge electrical hypothesis. In 1752 he sent a record of his analysis to the Royal Society of researchers in London and to French researchers. The outside researchers were so inspired with his work that he was chosen a kindred of the Royal Society in 1756 and granted its Copley Medal. In 1773 he was chosen one of the eight remote partners of the Royal Academy of Science in
Ashoka Maurya, commonly known as Ashoka and Ashoka The Great was an Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty who ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent from 268 to 232 BCE. In about 260 BCE, Ashoka waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga, although he was triumphant in the battle, the victory cost the lives of 200,000 people. (Document A) Soon after, he realized his mistakes and strived to spread pacifism and friendship throughout India.
10 million Indian lives were taken by the british during their rule over India. Great Britain gained control of India in 1601 with the English East India Company and later because of their strong army, navy, and economic power Great Britain saw an opportunity to gain control of a vast amount of land and took control of India. Many natives were against British control because of their unjustified way of ruling, but one man lead a nonviolent movement that made India independent again, his name was Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi’s non-violent movement was able to work because of his determination, the support from other protesters and his willingness to keep the protest non-violent. Gandhi's determination to make India independent again is one
He was later made Chief Engineer of the Detroit Edison Company Plant. He spent most of his time experimenting with gasoline powered vehicles. He completed his first vehicle in 1896, which was the Quadricycle and that set him apart from other automotive inventors. He continued over the next several years experimenting to improve vehicles. Henry Ford incorporated his Motor Company in 1903.