Kolkata in World War II
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray and Yang Chen-Ning.
Notable people
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1939 to 1941
2 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Satyajit Ray
in 1943
1 moment here
Indian film director, screenwriter, author, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. Ray was born and died in Calcutta (now Kolkata), made his career…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1945
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Yang Chen-Ning
in 1945
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Moments
- 1939 Lays foundation of Mahajati Sadan Rabindranath Tagore
- 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
- 1943 Advertising work in Calcutta Satyajit Ray
- 1945 Left Dhaka for Calcutta University Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1945 Transit through Calcutta for U.S. study Yang Chen-Ning