The world only thinks of Tesla and Marconi when it comes to wireless communication
When it comes to technology, the world mostly gives credit to European or American nations. The world forgets that Asian countries have had ancient technologies, and the countries have constantly evolved out of the box to pave the way for new technologies.
Take wireless communication, for example – the credit goes to the likes of Marconi and Tesla, but nobody remembers or even knows that India played a crucial role in wireless technology.
No, not Subhash Chandra Bose, but Jagadish Chandra Bose, an Indian scientist and inventor.
Bose was a pioneer who investigated radio-microwave optics. The Indian scientist was considered a polymath because he had immense knowledge in other fields, such as biology and science fiction writing.
Bose built a radio wave receiver called the Mercury Coherer, and he was the first person to demonstrate the use of radio waves for communication in 1885.
As mentioned, Bose and India aren’t given credit, but India can claim to be the birthplace of radio waves for communication.
Even today, decades after Bose’s demise, his work is analysed to enhance how we communicate, whether on mobile phones or via Wi-Fi.
