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{{Short description|Bengali scholar, ayurveda practitioner and entrepreneur}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jogesh Chandra Ghosh
| image = Jogesh Chandra Ghosh.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{birth year|1887}}
| birth_place = [[Gosairhat Upazila|Gosairhat]], Faridpur, [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], British India
| death_date = 4 April 1971 (aged 84)
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| occupation = Scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur
| nationality = [[British India]]n <br />[[East Pakistan|Pakistani]] ([[Bangladeshi]])
| spouse =
| parents = Purna Chandra Ghosh
}}

'''Jogesh Chandra Ghosh''' ({{lang-bn|যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ}}; 1887{{snd}}4 April 1971) was a scholar, Ayurveda practitioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He pioneered the use of Ayurveda in [[British India]] and founded the Ayurvedic drugstore [[Sadhana Aushadhalaya]].<ref name="samsad">{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Subhodh Chandra |editor2-last=Basu |editor2-first=Anjali |encyclopedia=Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Bibliographical Dictionary) |script-title=bn:যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ |trans-title=Jogesh Chandra Ghosh |language=bn |edition=4th |date=January 2002 |publisher=Shishu Sahitya Samsad |volume=1 |location=Kolkata |isbn=81-85626-65-0 |pages=445}}</ref> In the genocide during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], he was shot to death by the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name="time03051971">{{cite news|title=Dacca: City of the Dead|last=Coggin|first=Dan|date=3 May 1971|work=Time}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Ghosh was born in 1887, in Jalchhatra village in erstwhile greater Faridpur district of [[Bengal Presidency]] in [[British India]].<ref name="samsad"/><ref name="banglapedia">{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Muazzam Hussain |year=2012 |chapter=Ghosh, Jogesh Chandra |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ghosh,_Jogesh_Chandra |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> His birthplace is now in [[Gosairhat Upazila]] of [[Shariatpur District]] in [[Dhaka Division]] of [[Bangladesh]]. In his childhood he attended the [[K. L. Jubilee High School & College|K. L. Jubilee School]] in [[Dhaka]] and appeared for the entrance examination in 1902. In 1904, he passed F.A. from [[Jagannath University|Jagannath College]] in Dhaka. In 1906, he passed BA in chemistry from [[Cooch Behar College]] in [[Cooch Behar]]. In 1908, he passed MA in chemistry from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was a student of [[Prafulla Chandra Ray]].

== Career ==
In 1908, he joined Bhagalpur College as a lecturer in chemistry. In 1911, he became a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]]. He was also a member of the [[American Chemical Society]]. In 1912, he left [[Bhagalpur]] and joined [[Jagannath University|Jagannath College]] as a lecturer in chemistry. He was the principal of Jagannath College during 1947–48. In 1948, he retired.

While at [[Bhagalpur]], Ghosh began to take interest in [[Ayurveda]]. In 1914, he founded an Ayurvedic drugstore named Sadhana Aushadhalaya in Dhaka. The Ayurvedic medicine of Sadhana Aushadhalaya became popular and branches were opened in Bengal and other parts of British India. It also had distributing agencies in China, North America and Africa.<ref name="dhakashohor">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhakashohor.com/itihash_inside_details.php?itthash=143&%20ida=449 |script-title=bn:যোগেশচন্দ্র ঘোষ |trans-title=Jogesh Chandra Ghosh |location=Dhaka |publisher=dhakashohor.com |language=bn |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104090911/http://www.dhakashohor.com/itihash_inside_details.php?itthash=143&%20ida=449 |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=2 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Later life ==
After retirement, Ghosh stayed in his Dhaka residence and oversaw the activities of Sadhana Aushadhalaya, located at 21 Dinanath Sen Road in Gandaria. During the [[1964 East Pakistan genocide]], he sheltered the Bengali Hindus from the neighborhood in the factory of Sadhana Aushadhalaya.<ref name="banglapedia"/>

In 1971, when the [[Pakistan Army]] launched [[Operation Searchlight]] and began killing the civilian population in Dhaka, Ghosh too was targeted. All the Hindu staff of Sadhana Aushadhalaya, fearing for life crossed the border and took refuge in India.<ref name="banglapedia"/> At the age of 84 and invalid, Ghosh refused to move. He stayed at his establishment with two guards. On 4 April, the Pakistan Army led by a [[East Pakistan Central Peace Committee|Peace Committee]] member entered the premises of Sadhana Aushadhalaya on look out for rebels. Ghosh was charged with providing shelter to the rebels. Four Pakistan Army soldiers forced Ghosh to move upstairs in his office, where he was shot dead.<ref name="banglapedia"/> The soldiers ransacked the factory and office of Sadhana Aushadhalaya and looted more than 1 million rupees in cash.<ref name="time03051971"/>

Ghosh was married to Kiranbala Ghosh. They had one son and two daughters. After the liberation of Bangladesh, his son Dr. Naresh Chandra Ghosh revived the Sadhana Aushadhalaya.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=244 |script-title=bn:যোগেশ চন্দ্র ঘোষ |trans-title=Jogesh Chandra Ghosh |last=Saha Ray |first=Chandan |website=[[Gunijan|Gunijan Trust]] |language=bn |access-date=2 November 2022}}</ref>

== Books ==

=== English ===
* ''Whither Bound Are We''
* Home Treatment
* Text Book of Organic Chemistry
* Simple Geography
* Simple Arithmetic

=== Bengali ===
* Angnimandhya o Kosthaboddhota (Indigestion and constipation)
* Arogyaer Path (The path to healing)
* Griho Chikitsha (Homeopathy)
* Charmo O Sadaron Sasthya Bidhi
(Skin and general health rules)
* Chokkhu - Karno O Mukhrog Chikitsha (Treatment of eye-ear-nose and mouth diseases)
* Amra Kon Pothe (Which way are we?)
* Ayurved Itihas (History of Ayurveda)

== References ==
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{{1971 Bangladesh genocide|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
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[[Category:Ayurvedacharyas]]
[[Category:People from Shariatpur District]]
[[Category:People from Dhaka]]
[[Category:People killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War]]

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