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The Bihar School Athens, an art society that the Englishman set up in the early 19th century, was unique for its time in transcending racial divisions.
In 1823, Raja Ram Mohun Roy wrote a perceptive letter to Governor General Lord Amherst pleading the cause of scientific education in India. It will be an apt occasion for science fraternity to commemorate its bi-centenary