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Meghnad Saha
Also known as M. N. Saha
Meghnad Saha (1893-1956), the author of the Saha ionisation equation (1920) that for the first time let astronomers derive the temperature and composition of a star from its spectrum. The Saha equation is foundational to modern stellar astrophysics and plasma physics. Professor at Allahabad and later Calcutta; founder-director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Calcutta (1950, now Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics); member of the first Lok Sabha, elected independent from Calcutta North-West (1952). He drafted the proposal for the planned nationalisation of the Damodar Valley.
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- Worked atIndian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
Meghnad Saha was based at Allahabad and Calcutta; founded the Institute of Nuclear Physics (now Saha Institute) in Calcutta in 1950.
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