Education and Early Research
He went to England on a research fellowship after completing his Master's Degree in India. He received his DSc from the University College London in 1921, under the guidance of chemistry professor Frederick G. Donnan. After returning to India, he was awarded a professorship at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He was knighted in 1941 by the British Government as a reward for his research in science. On 18 March 1943 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. His research interests included emulsions, colloids, and industrial chemistry, but his fundamental contributions were in the field of magneto-chemistry. He used magnetism as a tool to know more about chemical reactions. The Bhatnagar-Mathur interference balance, which he designed along with a physicist R.N. Mathur. This was later manufactured by a British firm. He also composed the kulgeet (anthem) of BHU, which is sung with great reverence prior to university functions.
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