It was in 1887, some times after Professor J. C. Bose had joined the
Presidency College, Hertz demonstrated, by direct experiment, the
existence of Electric Waves--the properties of which had been predicted
by Clerk Maxwell long before. This great discovery sent a reverberation
through the gallery of the scientific world. And, at once, the
scientists in all countries began to devote their best energies to
explorations in this new Realm of Nature. Young J. C. Bose--who had
drunk deep at the springs of Scientific Knowledge and whose imagination
had been very deeply touched by the scientific activities of the West
and who had in him the burning desire that India should 'enter the world
movement for that advancement of knowledge'--also followed suit.