Kolkata & Sir Ronald Ross

In the year 1897, on this day, Sir Ronald Ross succeeded in
demonstrating the life-cycle of the parasites of malaria in
mosquitoes.
He demonstrated it in the laboratory of Presidency General Hospital (P. G. Hospital) in Kolkata. And for this great discovery he received Nobel Prize in 1902 in Physiology. Sir Ronald Ross was the first Indian received Nobel Prize.
--
A. B.