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INDIAN physics, under the leadership of Sir C. V. Raman and Prof. M. N. Saha, has an established position; and it is interesting to read, in its report for 1935, a history of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, an institution which has played a large, if not the dominant, part in bringing about this result. The Association was founded in 1870, and the laboratory, built in 1890, later became an active centre of research under the stimulating guidance of Raman, who was succeeded as Mahen-dralal Sircar professor by Dr. K. S. Krishnan. The financial and administrative arrangements have lately been re-organized and a material annual grant obtained from the Government of India, which accordingly has a voice in the management. The work of the past year covers a fairly wide range and includes studies of molecular structure, of magnetic effects and of optical phenomena. There is, therefore, every ground for anticipating the maintenance of full activity.
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Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Nature 138, 717 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138717c0
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