Ray was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara under Paikgachha upazila in Khulna on August 2, 1861.
On Sunday, admirers paid their respects at a program held portrait in the village.
The program had a limited capacity considering the prevailing coronavirus situation.
Terming Ray as a social reformer, the attendees recalled the life and works of the genious scientist, philosopher and philanthropist.
Following an education in Kolkata, Ray won a Gilchrist Scholarship to study in Britain in the 1880s, where he met Jagadish Chandra Bose and Satyaranjan Das.
He was elected Vice-President of the University of Edinburgh Chemical Society in 1887.
A year later, he returned to India.
Ray was awarded the Hope Prize which allowed him to work on his research for a further period of one year after completion of his doctorate.
His thesis was titled, "Conjugated Sulphates of the Copper-magnesium Group A Study of Isomorphous Mixtures and Molecular Combinations".
Nobel laureate William Ramsay congratulated him for his achievement.
Dhaka, Aug 3
Bangladesh marked the 159th birth anniversary of eminent scientist and philosopher Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.
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