Meghnad Saha

Meghnad Saha
Born(1893-10-06)6 October 1893
Gazipur District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died16 February 1956(1956-02-16) (aged 62)
New Delhi, India
Alma materDhaka College
Dhaka Collegiate School
Known for
SpouseRadha Rani Saha
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, astrophysics
Institutions
Academic advisors
Doctoral students
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
3 April 1952 – 16 February 1956
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAshoke Kumar Sen
ConstituencyCalcutta North West
Personal details
Political party Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Signature

Meghnad Saha FRS[1] (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) 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.[2][3][4]

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  2. ^ Banerjee, Somaditya (1 August 2016). "Meghnad Saha: Physicist and nationalist". Physics Today. 69 (8): 38–44. Bibcode:2016PhT....69h..38B. doi:10.1063/PT.3.3267. ISSN 0031-9228.
  3. ^ "Meghnad N. Saha | Indian astrophysicist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ Kean, Sam (2017). "A forgotten star". Distillations. 3 (1): 4–5. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.