Rank Image Name Family Field Legacy and Remarks Born Died 1 Sir Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Bengali Hindu family, Bikrampur , Dhaka , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) Physics and Biophysics One of the Fathers of Radio Science (Wireless Communication/Technology ), Father of Modern Science in India , first person in the world to use a Semiconductor Junction to detect Electromagnetic Waves , discoverer of Millimetre Wave (Extremely High Frequency/EHF/MMW) , inventor of Crescograph 30 November 1858, Mymensingh , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) 23 November 1937, Giridih , Bihar , now Jharkhand 2 Sir Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Bengali Hindu family, Khulna , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) Chemistry Father of Chemistry in India , discoverer of Mercurous Nitrite 2 August 1861, Khulna , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) 16 June 1944, Calcutta , Bengal , now West Bengal 3 Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Bengali Hindu family, Khulna , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) Medicine National Doctors' Day in India is celebrated every year on July 1 to commemorate his birth anniversary, recipient of Bharat Ratna (1961), Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948-1962) 1 July 1882, Patna , Bengal , now Bihar 1 July 1962, Calcutta , West Bengal 4 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Bengali Hindu Brahmin family, Bikrampur , Dhaka , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) Statistics Father of Statistics in India , National Statistics Day in India is celebrated every year on June 29 to commemorate his birth anniversary, introducer of Mahalanobis Distance 29 June 1893, Calcutta , Bengal , now West Bengal 28 June 1972, Calcutta , West Bengal 5 Satyendra Nath Bose Bengali Hindu family, Nadia , Bengal , now West Bengal Mathematics and Physics Best Student of Indian Bengali Physicist Sir Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose , when he (Satyendra Nath Bose ) was a Reader (later made Professor by the recommendation of Albert Einstein ) at the University of Dhaka (Bengal , now in Bangladesh /East Bengal ), he developed the foundation of the Bose–Einstein Statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein Condensate in collaboration with European German Physicist Albert Einstein , although seven (7) Nobel Prizes in Physics were awarded for research related to Bose–Einstein Statistics and Bose–Einstein Condensate , he (Satyendra Nath Bose ) himself was not awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics 1 January 1894, Calcutta , Bengal , now West Bengal 4 February 1974, Calcutta , West Bengal 6 Amartya Sen Bengali Hindu family, Wari , Dhaka , Bengal , now Bangladesh (East Bengal ) Economics Winner of Nobel Prize (Nobel Memorial Prize ) in Economics (1998) for his contribution to Welfare Economics , only Indian (Indian Citizen ) to win Nobel Prize (Nobel Memorial Prize ) in Economics , recipient of Bharat Ratna (1999) 3 November 1933, Birbhum , Bengal , now West Bengal -
