42 LIFE AND WORK OF SIR JAGADIS C. BOSE 



College under Government, and those which he owed to 

 the University in his independent capacity as one of its 

 fellows. While his new appointment was waiting final 

 sanction, a question came up before the University, in which 

 the majority of officials under Government held very 

 pronounced views. Bose was present at the University 

 meeting, and in his vote he did not follow the lead of his 

 official chief. The new appointment proposed for him 

 was immediately cancelled. 



On a subsequent occasion he was informed by a Govern- 

 ment Secretary that there was a matter before the Univer- 

 sity in which some of the members of the Government were 

 especially interested. Bose could not attend on the day 

 on which the matter was decided, and he was requested 

 to submit an explanation. In reply, Bose wrote inquiring 

 whether, in attending any meeting of the University, the 

 Government expected him to vote on the particular side of a 

 question which might be advanced by his official superiors, 

 irrespective of any opinion which he might form as a result 

 of the discussion. If, in following an independent course, 

 the Government thought that he was not properly dis- 

 charging his duties as a Fellow of the University, he begged 

 permission to resign his Fellowship. 



The Lieutenant-Governor, to whom the matter was 

 referred, appreciated Bose's point of view, but could not 

 overcome the opposition of the Education Department in 

 giving sanction to the new appointment. He, however, 

 thought it just that Bose should be recouped for the great 

 expense he had incurred in course of investigations which 

 had redounded to the credit of the Indian Government. 

 An official communication reached him that the Govern- 

 ment was willing to pay the expenses he had incurred in 

 pursuit of his research ; but Bose, while expressing gratitude 

 for this consideration, declined to accept any remuneration 

 for his past work. The Government then sanctioned an 

 annual grant of Rs. 2500 (166) towards the outlay for 

 his future research carried on at the Presidency College. 



