Meghnad Saha
Former Member of the Lok Sabha
Meghnad Saha FRS was an Indian astrophysicist who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation allowed astronomers to accurately relate the spectral classes of stars to their actual temperatures. Wikipedia
Born: October 6, 1893, Kaliakair Upazila, Bangladesh
Died: February 16, 1956 (age 62 years), New Delhi, India
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society
Notable students: Daulat Singh Kothari, Samarendra Kumar Mitra, and Surjendu Bikash Kar Mahapatra
Academic advisors: Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray
Organization founded: DAE - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics