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Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology . He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946.
Feb 23, 2024 · Professor Birbal Sahni, FRS, and a great visionary, established the Institute as Institute of Palaeobotany in the year 1946... Read More
Birbal Sahni the founder of palaeobotanical research in India was a dreamer and a great visionary. He was born on 14th November 1891 at Behra, a small town in Shahpur District (now a part of west Punjab in Pakistan).
Birbal was the third child of his parents, the late Prof. Ruchi Ram Sahni and Shrimati Ishwar Devi. He was born on the 14th of November 1891, at Bhera, a small town in the Shahpur district, now a part of the West Punjab, and once a flourishing centre of trade, which had the distinction of an invasion by the iconoclast, Mahmud of Ghazni.
Founder of Palaceobotanical Research in India. 1887-1961. “Through the span of a century, men have arisen now an again who, by their ability, their dint of application and inspiration, have shifted facts of science amidst a maze of confusing evidence, and who have thus left an indelible impression upon the sands of time.
Professor Birbal Sahni, FRS, and a great visionary, established the Institute as Institute of Palaeobotany in the year 1946 to establish palaeobotany as a science in itself.
Professor Birbal Sahni was born on the 14th November 1891, at Bhera, Shahpur District, West Punjab, adjacent to the Salt Range, the stratigraphy and tectonics of which have attracted the attention of eminent geologists
Jul 30, 2021 · The third child of pioneer meteorologist and scientist Ruchi Ram Sahni and Ishwar Devi, Birbal Sahni was born on November 14, 1891 in Bhera, a town in the Shahpur district that is now part of...
The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences is an autonomous organization under the aegis of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, established by Professor Birbal Sahni, FRS to explore and develop paleobotany as a science in itself, visualizing its potential in solving issues ...
Professor Birbal Sahni FRS was an Indian paleobotanist, a branch of botany that deals with the biological reconstruction of past environments and identification of plants that remain from geological contexts. He was a scholar and well acclaimed in the field of science all over the world.
