On what date did Jagadish Chandra Bose found Bose Institute, dedicating it to the nation on his own 60th birthday?

30 November 1917. 30 November 1917 is the answer. Bose opened the Institute on his birthday. He dedicated it to the nation in a speech called "The Voice of Life". He called it not merely a laboratory but a temple. The year 1937 is when he died, not when he founded it. The year 1971 is when DST began funding it. Memory hook: his birthday, 1917. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

Who wrote the song "Matri mondiro punya angono", which is now the anthem of the Bose Institute?

Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore is the answer. He wrote it for the opening day in 1917. Tagore was visiting the USA at the time. Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose helped the Institute with its art, not its song. Vivekananda supported Bose but did not write it. Memory hook: the poet gave the Institute its song. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

From where was the pink sandstone for the Bose Institute building brought?

Chunar. Chunar is the answer. Bose wanted the building to be one of the finest in the city. The stone came from Chunar. The stone craftsmen came from Benaras. A young architect named Mitter built it. Makrana is known for white marble, not pink sandstone. Memory hook: pink stone from Chunar. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

Since May 1971, the Bose Institute has been an autonomous grant-in-aid institution of which department?

Department of Science and Technology. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is the answer. DST was set up in May 1971. Since then the Institute has been autonomous. Autonomous means it runs its own affairs. Grant-in-aid means the government funds it. Atomic energy is a common wrong guess, but it is not the parent body. Memory hook: Bose Institute means DST. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

Who inaugurated the Unified Academic Campus of the Bose Institute at Salt Lake on 29 June 2017?

Pranab Mukherjee. Pranab Mukherjee is the answer. He was then the President of India. The campus is at Sector V, Salt Lake, in East Kolkata. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had laid its foundation stone on 2 June 2012. So the stone-layer and the inaugurator were two different people. Memory hook: Singh laid it, Mukherjee opened it. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

Who was the Director of the Bose Institute from 1937 to 1967, after its founder?

Debendra Mohan Bose. Debendra Mohan Bose is the answer. He led the Institute for thirty years. Jagadish Chandra Bose was Director from 1917 to 1937. Sourindra Mohan Sircar followed Debendra Mohan Bose in 1967. Sibaji Raha served from 2006 to 2016. Satyendra Nath Bose, of the boson, never directed it. Memory hook: founder first, then his successor. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

Which Nobel-winning scientist nominated Shambu Nath De of the Bose Institute for the Nobel Prize?

Joshua Lederberg. Joshua Lederberg is the answer. De worked on the cholera toxin and how it acts on cells. Lederberg himself visited the Institute. Bohr, Millikan and Kornberg were also among its visitors. But the record names only Lederberg as De's nominator. Memory hook: De and Lederberg, cholera and the Nobel. Read more: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Achievements of Indians in Science and Technology.

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