Man behind #Hydroxychloroquine is "Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray" (1861-1944), known as the father of Modern indian chemistry

He is credited with getting international recognition for not only ancient Indian chemistry, but also Ayurveda
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Ray graduated from the University of Edinburgh before completing his doctoral studies and returning to India in August 1888 & started teaching chemistry at Presidency College

Ray, who founded Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India’s first pharma company in 1901
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Ray's book reveals that in the eighth century CE, the caliphs of Baghdad ordered extensive translation of ayurvedic texts into Arabic and Persian and sent many of their renowned scholars to India to study ayurveda @gopugoswami
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Ray conclusively proved that the Greeks, too, derived their knowledge of the sciences from the ancient Hindus

He pored through voluminous ancient texts like the Upanishads, Vedas, the Arthashastra and other ancient texts with the help of renowned Sanskrit scholars
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World is looking for Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 & india is the leading manufacturer of it

Sadly, Ray's birth anniversary gone uncelebrated, few know of his book that revealed to the world the rich body of knowledge in various sciences possessed by the ancient Hindus
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