Background
Indumadhab was born to Radhagobinda Mallick in Guptipara village under Kalna police station in Burdwan district of Bengal on 4 December 1869.
Indumadhab was born to Radhagobinda Mallick in Guptipara village under Kalna police station in Burdwan district of Bengal on 4 December 1869.
In 1891, Indumadhab completed his masters in philosophy. In 1898, he completed his masters in botany from Bangabasi College.
He was a philosopher, physicist, botanist, lawyer, physician, inventor, entrepreneur, collector, traveler, writer and social reformer. His family was related to the Mallick family of Bhowanipore in Kolkata. In 1892, he did masters in physics.
He became a bachelor of law in 1894.
Indumadhab started his career as a lecturer in Bangabasi College in 1897. There he taught logic, philosophy, physics and chemistry.
A year later, he completed his masters in zoology and physiology. He left Bangabasi College in 1900.
Then he started practice as a lawyer
Between 1904 and 1905, Indumadhab traveled to Imperial China. The exact date of his travel is not known. According to researcher Narayan Senator, Indumadhab set out for China in February 1904 and his travel coincided with the Russo-Japanese War.
Indumadhab sailed from Kolkata to Yangon in British Burma.
From Yangon he sailed to Penang and from there to Portuguese Klang in British Malaya. Then he proceeded to Singapore and from there to Hong Kong.
His final destination was Xiamen. In his accounts, he described the daily life and social customs of the Chinese people in great detail.
In 1908, Indumadhab became an Doctor of Medicine from University of Calcutta.
He pioneered the autovaccine method of inoculation in India. He spent tireless effort in spreading the awareness on hygiene, health and diet in the society. While testing the Alipore bomb in Deoghar, Ullaskar Dutta was critically injured.
He was privately treated by Doctor Indumadhab Mallick.
In 1910, Indumadhab invented the steam cooker which became popular as ICMIC cooker. lieutenant was a special kind of cooking equipment where rice, pulses and vegetables could be cooked in steam, very fast.
The compact arrangement and portability made it popular among bachelors and during trips where kitchen was not available. and According to Narayan Senator, the idea of ICMIC cooker may have come to Indumadhab from his observation of street food vendors in China.
He was also sympathetic to the nationalist cause.
