Jogesh Chandra Ghosh
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Jogesh Chandra Ghosh | |
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যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ | |
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| Born | 28 January 1887 |
| Died | 4 April 1971 (aged 84) |
| Occupations | Scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Martyred Intellectual |
| Parent | Purna Chandra Ghosh |
Jogesh Chandra Ghosh (Bengali: যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ; 1887 – 4 April 1971) was a scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He pioneered the use of Ayurveda in British India and founded the Ayurvedic drugstore Sadhana Aushadhalaya.[1] In the genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was shot to death by the Pakistan Army.[2]
Ghosh was born in 1887, to Kamalkanta Ghose and Dakshinakali Ghose, in Jalchhatra village in erstwhile greater Faridpur district of Bengal Presidency in British India.[1][3] His birthplace is now in Gosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur District in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. In his childhood he attended the K. L. Jubilee School in Dhaka and appeared for the entrance examination in 1902. In 1904, he passed F.A. from Jagannath College in Dhaka. In 1906, he passed BA in chemistry from Cooch Behar College in Cooch Behar. In 1908, he passed MA in chemistry from the University of Calcutta. He was a student of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.[citation needed]
Career
In 1908, he joined Bhagalpur College as a lecturer in chemistry. In 1911, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He was also a member of the American Chemical Society. In 1912, he left Bhagalpur and joined Jagannath College as a lecturer in chemistry. He was the principal of Jagannath College during 1947–48. In 1948, he retired.
While at Bhagalpur, Ghosh began to take interest in Ayurveda. In 1914, he founded an Ayurvedic drugstore named Sadhana Aushadhalaya in Dhaka. The Ayurvedic medicine of Sadhana Aushadhalaya became popular and branches were opened in Bengal and other parts of British India. It also had distributing agencies in China, North America and Africa.[4]