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title: "Acharya P.C. Ray: Indian Chemist and Nationalist"
description: "Acharya P.C. Ray was an Indian chemist and entrepreneur who founded Bengal Chemical and led the Swadeshi movement, influencing India's industrial landscape."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861–1944) was an Indian chemist, nationalist entrepreneur, and educator who founded Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works and pioneered the Swadeshi industrial movement.
- What was Acharya P.C. Ray's major scientific discovery?
- Which industrial enterprise did P.C. Ray found and why is it significant?
- How is P.C. Ray connected to other Indian scientists?
- Why does P.C. Ray matter for the Modern History syllabus?

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1. 2 August 1861

   Ray), born in Raruli-Katipara village of Khulna district (then Bengal Presidency, now Bangladesh), was among the first generation of Indian scientists to ga…

2. 16 June 1944

   He died on in Calcutta.

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In 1901 Acharya P.C. Ray founded the Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works in Calcutta, India's first indigenous pharmaceutical enterprise, embodying the Swadeshi call for self-reliant industry during the anti-Partition agitation.

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