who was the president of the first indian science congress meeting held in kolkata in 1914
Indian Science Congress Association The first meeting of the congress was held from 15â€“17 January 1914 at the premises of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. Honorable justice Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta presided over the Congress. One hundred and five scientists from different parts of India and abroad attended it. Altogether 35 papers under 6 different sections, namely Botany, Chemistry, Ethnography, Geology, Physics and Zoology were presented.
Gitanjali William Butler Yeats wrote the introduction to the first edition of Gitanjali.[4]
Ardaseer Cursetjee He is noted for having been the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is also recorded as having introduced several (at the time) novel technologies to the city of Bombay (now Mumbai), including gas lighting, the sewing machine, steam pump-driven irrigation and electro-plating.[2]
Satyendranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore (/ʃəˈtɛndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr/; Bengali: সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; [ʃɔt̪ɛnd̪ronat̪ʰ ʈʰakur]) (1st June, 1842 – 9th January, 1923) was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was an author, song composer, and linguist, and made a significant contribution towards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj.[1][2]