Background
Ghosh was born in 1887, in Jalchhatra village in erstwhile greater Faridpur district of Bengal Presidency in British India.
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Jogesh Chandra Ghosh
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In his childhood he attended the K. L. Jubilee School in Dhaka and appeared for the Entrance Examaination in 1902.
Career
He pioneered the use of Ayurveda in British India and founded the Ayurvedic drugstore Sadhana Aushadhalaya. In the genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was shot to death by the Pakistan Army. His birthplace is now in Gosairhat Upazila of Shariatpur District in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
In 1904, he passed Field Artillery from Jagannath College in Dhaka.
In 1906, he passed Bachelor in chemistry from Cooch Behar College in Koch Bihar. In 1908, he passed Master of Arts in chemistry from the University of Calcutta.
He was a student of Prafulla Chandra Ray. In 1908, he joined Bhagalpur College as a lecturer in chemistry.
In 1911, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
In 1912, he left Bhagalpur and joined Jagannath College as a lecturer in chemistry. He was the principal of Jagannath College during 1947-1948. In 1948, he retired. While at Bhagalpur, Ghosh began to take interest in Ayurveda.
In 1914, he founded an Ayurvedic drugstore named Sadhana Aushadhalaya in Dhaka.
The Ayurvedic medicine of Sadhana Aushadhalaya became popular and branches were opened in Bengal and other parts of British India. lieutenant also had distributing agencies in China, North America and Africa.
After retirement, Ghosh stayed in his Dhaka residence and oversaw the activities of Sadhana Aushadhalaya, located at 21 Dinanath Senator Road in Gandaria. In 1971, when the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight and began killing the civilian population in Dhaka, Ghosh too was targeted.
At the age of 84 and invalid, Ghosh refused to move.
He stayed at his establishment with two guards. On 4 April, the Pakistan Army led by a Peace Committee member entered the premises of Sadhana Aushadhalaya on look out for rebels. Ghosh was charged with providing shelter to the rebels.
Four Pakistan Army soldiers forced Ghosh to move upstairs in his office, where he was shot dead.
Ghosh was married to Kiranbala Ghosh.
Membership
He was also a member of the American Chemical Society.
