Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist)

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Indian scientist astrophysicist human physicist

Meghnad Saha was a pioneering Indian astrophysicist best known for formulating the Saha ionization equation, which fundamentally advanced the understanding of stellar atmospheres and spectra.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian scientist → astrophysicist → human → physicist →
academicDegree	DSc →
awardReceived	Fellow of the Royal Society →
birthDate	1893-10-06 →
birthPlace	Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India → present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	Dominion of India →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
deathDate	1956-02-16 →
deathPlace	New Delhi, India →
doctoralAdvisor	C. V. Raman →
doctoralStudent	Bibhutibhushan Datta → Daulat Singh Kothari →
educatedAt	Presidency College, Calcutta → University of Calcutta →
employer	Allahabad University → Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science → University of Calcutta →
familyName	Saha →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → nuclear physics → plasma physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Meghnad →
influenced	development of astrophysics in India → interpretation of stellar spectra →
influencedBy	Albert Einstein → James Clerk Maxwell → Satyendra Nath Bose →
knownFor	Saha ionization equation → contributions to astrophysics in India → explanation of stellar spectra → work on thermal ionization →
languageOfWorkOrName	Bengali → English →
memberOf	Indian National Science Academy → Lok Sabha → Royal Society →
name	Meghnad Saha →
notableWork	"On Ionization in the Solar Chromosphere" → papers on stellar atmospheres →
politicalAlignment	independent politician →
positionHeld	Member of Parliament of India → Professor of Physics at Allahabad University → Professor of Physics at University of Calcutta →
workLocation	Allahabad → Calcutta →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Satyendra Nath Bose →	notableStudent