Save Sir Jagadish Bose’s house:Daily Sun

Jagadish Chandra Bose The High Court on Sunday directed the state authorities concerned to take steps for protection and safety of Bangalee scientist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose’s ancestral house in at Barhikhal in Munshiganj within seven days. Director general of archaeology department, deputy commissioner of Munshiganj and officer-in-charge of Sreenagar police station have been asked to execute th
e order. The persons concerned are required to submit a compliance report to this end on December 14. A division bench comprising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal passed the order. The order came following a public interest litigation filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh. The higher court fixed December 15 for the next order on the matter. It issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to show cause as to why they failed to preserve the 300-year old house. As per section 10 of the Antiquities Act 1968, the authorities concerned are legally bound to protect the historic house. The court further asked why order should not passed to preserve the house and publish a gazette declaring it a national heritage site. Secretaries of cultural affairs, science and technology and land ministries, DG of archaeology department, DC and SP of Munshiganj and Sreenagar OC were asked to reply to the rule within 14 days. Bose was born in the then Mymensingh on November 30, 1858. His father, Bhagwan Chandra Bose, was a deputy magistrate stationed in Faridpur during the British rule. Later, the family shifted to Kolkata. The great Bangalee completed studies in India and England. Later, he taught physical science at Presidency College, Kolkata. Bose invented that plants have life too. He also invented radio. Unfortunately, he did not claim patent on his intellectual property timely. One Asaduzzaman Siddique moved to the court after a newspaper ran a report on the house on November 23 highlighting its run-down state. Manzill Murshid, president of HRPB and petitioner’s counsel, said Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose’s house is in a sordid state due to the government’s failure to protect the historic site.