History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c4.23

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In politics, though never an active participant, Prafulla Chandra belonged to the nationalist school. The emancipation of India—political, social and economic, was his life's dream, for which he never ceased to strive. But unfortunately, he did not live to see the realization of his dream, as he passed away after a short span of illness on June 16, 1944, only a few years before India gained her independence. No truer picture of his life can possibly be depicted in words than that presented by the following quotation from what Sir Edward Thorpe wrote in *Nature* as early as 1919.