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Meghnad Saha

Meghnad Saha

Indian physicist

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Birthdate
October 6, 1893
Birthplace
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Date of Death
February 16, 1956
Place of Death
Delhi
Delhi
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Collected works of Meghnad Saha
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A treatise on heat
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Educated at
Presidency University, Kolkata
Presidency University, Kolkata
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Hindu School, Kolkata
Hindu School, Kolkata
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University College of Science, Technology & Agriculture
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K. L. Jubilee High School & College
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University of Calcutta
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Dhaka College
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Astrophysicist
Physicist
Physicist
Astronomer
Astronomer
Scientist
Scientist
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00000000836869170
Open Library ID
OL565828A0
VIAF
303424650

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India
India
British Raj
British Raj
Wikidata ID
Q377898
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Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was a physicist and astronomer born in what is now Bangladesh. He is best known for his work in the field of astrophysics and particularly for the development of the Saha equation, which is used for the ionization of elements in stars. Saha was educated at the University of Calcutta and held dual citizenship in India and the British Raj. He passed away in Delhi on 16 February 1956.

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