Editing Satyendra Nath Bose (section)

==Early life==
[[File:House of Satyendra Nath Bose 01.jpg|thumb|Satyendra Nath Bose Birthplace]]
[[File:House of Acharya Satyendra Nath Bose.jpg|thumb|Satyendra Nath Bose Residence (22, Ishwar Mill Lane, Kolkata) Entrance & Name Plate]]

Bose was born in [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata), the eldest of seven children in a [[Bengali Kayastha]] family.<ref>{{cite Q|Q125628281|page=10|quote=Satyendra Nath was born in Calcutta on the first of January, 1894, in a high caste Kayastha family with two generations of English education behind him.}}</ref> He was the only son, with six sisters after him. His ancestral home was in the village Bara Jagulia, in the district of [[Nadia district|Nadia]], in the [[Bengal Presidency]]. His schooling began at the age of five, near his home.  When his family moved to Goabagan, he was admitted into the New Indian School.  In his final year of school, he was admitted into the [[Hindu School]].  He passed his entrance examination ([[matriculation]]) in 1909 and stood fifth in the order of merit. He then joined the intermediate science course at the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]], where his teachers included [[Jagadish Chandra Bose]], [[Sarada Prasanna Das]], and [[Prafulla Chandra Ray]].

Bose received a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[mixed mathematics]] from [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]],  standing first in 1913. Then he joined [[Ashutosh Mukherjee|Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee's]] newly formed [[Rajabazar Science College|Science College]] where he again stood first in the [[Master of Science]] (MSc) mixed mathematics exam in 1915. His marks in the MSc examination created a new record in the annals of the [[University of Calcutta]], which is yet to be surpassed.<ref name = "gamble">{{cite web | url = http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/dream/jan2002/article1.htm | title = Vigyan Prasar | first = Dr VB | last = Kamble | date = January 2002 | access-date = 10 December 2006 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304021244/http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/dream/jan2002/article1.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>

After completing his MSc, Bose joined the [[Rajabazar Science College|Science College, Calcutta University]] as a research scholar in 1916 and started his studies in the [[theory of relativity]]. It was an exciting era in the history of scientific progress. [[Old quantum theory|Quantum theory]] had just appeared on the horizon and significant results had started pouring in.<ref name="gamble" />

His father, Surendranath Bose, worked in the Engineering Department of the [[East Indian Railway Company]]. In 1914, at age 20, Satyendra Nath Bose married Ushabati Ghosh,<ref name="SNB Project"/>{{sfn| Wali| 2009| p= xvii}} the 11-year-old daughter of a prominent Calcutta physician.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Masters, Barry R. |url=http://newweb.bose.res.in/Prof.S.N.Bose-Archive/objects/Masters-Bose.pdf |title=Satyendra Nath Bose and Bose–Einstein Statistics |date=April 2013 |journal=Optics & Photonics News |volume=24 |issue=4 |page=41 |bibcode=2013OptPN..24...40M |doi=10.1364/OPN.24.4.000040 |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414144753/http://newweb.bose.res.in/Prof.S.N.Bose-Archive/objects/Masters-Bose.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> They had nine children, two of whom died in early childhood. When he died in 1974, he left behind his wife, two sons, and five daughters.<ref name="gamble" />

As a [[Polyglotism|polyglot]], Bose was well versed in several languages such as [[Bengali language|Bengali]], English, French, German and [[Sanskrit]] as well as the poetry of [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Lord Tennyson]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Kālidāsa|Kalidasa]]. In Europe, he impressed his host [[Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn Eisenmann|Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn]] with his knowledge of [[Hebrew]] in literature and religion.{{sfn|Wali|2009|p= 454-455}} He could play the ''[[esraj]]'', an Indian instrument similar to a violin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vigyan Prasar – SC Bose|url=http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/snbose/bosenew.htm|website=www.vigyanprasar.gov.in|publisher=Government of India|access-date=14 June 2017|archive-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410165124/http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/snbose/bosenew.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was actively involved in running night schools that came to be known as the Working Men's Institute.<ref name= SMahanti />{{sfn | Wali | 2009| p= xvi}}