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	'''Satya Churn Law''' (~~alternately~~ transcribed as Satya Charan Law or Satyacharan Laha) (1888 – 11 December 1984) was a wealthy naturalist, amateur ornithologist, educationist and intellectual in Calcutta.<ref name=shils>Edward Shils, Joseph Epstein (1997) Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals. University of Chicago Press, 1997 {{ISBN\|0-226-75336-0}}. p.78-79</ref> He was for a while a treasurer of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], a Fellow of the [[Zoological Society of London]] and Member of the [[British Ornithologists' Union]]. In 1937, [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]] became his literary assistant.<ref name=shils/>		[[File:Prakriti_1938_ad.jpg\|thumb\|left\|1938 advertisement for ''Prakriti'']]
	He wrote books on a variety of topics including birds (''Pet Birds of Bengal'' 1923) based on his experience in keeping aviaries. He was a vice president of the Calcutta Zoological Garden for a while. He founded a journal, ''Prakriti'', in Bengali for the popularization of science.<ref>[http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N360412 INSA Deceased Fellow]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Law\|first=Satya Churn\|date=2008-04-03\|title=Note on the Occurrence of some hitherto unrecorded Birds in Central and South Bengal\|journal=Ibis\|language=en\|volume=87\|issue=3\|pages=405–408\|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1945.tb01372.x}}</ref> ~~He was graduated from~~ [~~[Vidyasagar College]~~], ~~[[Kolkata]] under [[Calcutta University]]~~.~~<ref>https://www~~.~~vidyasagarcollege.edu.in/illustrious-alumnus~~</ref>		'''Satya Churn Law''' (also transcribed as '''Satya Charan Law''' or in Bengali '''Satyacharan Laha''') (1888 – 11 December 1984) was a wealthy naturalist, amateur ornithologist, educationist and intellectual in Calcutta.<ref name=shils>Edward Shils, Joseph Epstein (1997) Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals. University of Chicago Press, 1997 {{ISBN\|0-226-75336-0}}. p.78-79</ref>

			Law was born to Ambikacharan Laha and Kiranbala Devi at their home on Kailash Bose Street in Calcutta. He was educated at [[Vidyasagar College\|Metropolitan College]], and at Presidency College, obtaining a master's degree in history.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.vidyasagarcollege.edu.in/illustrious-alumnus\|title = Vidyasagar College}}</ref> He then obtained a law degree. He had an interest in bird from an early age and began to keep them and observe them in captivity. He was for a while a treasurer of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. He established an aviary at this home in Agarpada, near Calcutta in 1926. He was elected Fellow of the [[Zoological Society of London]] and Member of the [[British Ornithologists' Union]]. In 1937, [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]] became his literary assistant.<ref name="shils" /> He wrote books on a variety of topics including birds (''Pet Birds of Bengal'' 1923) based on his experience in keeping aviaries. He was a vice president of the Calcutta Zoological Garden for a while. He founded, in 1924, a journal, ''Prakriti'', in Bengali for the popularization of natural science.<ref>[http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N360412 INSA Deceased Fellow]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Law\|first=Satya Churn\|date=2008-04-03\|title=Note on the Occurrence of some hitherto unrecorded Birds in Central and South Bengal\|journal=Ibis\|language=en\|volume=87\|issue=3\|pages=405–408\|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1945.tb01372.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান [Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan ]\|publisher=Sahitya Academy\|year=2000\|isbn=978-81-7955-135-6\|editor1=Bose, S.C.\|volume=1\|place=Calcutta\|page=752\|editor2=Sengupta, Anjali\|lang=bn}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030321/asp/calcutta/story_1777745.asp Aviary at Agarpara to house a business school. The Telegraph, 21 March 2003]		* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030321/asp/calcutta/story_1777745.asp Aviary at Agarpara to house a business school. The Telegraph, 21 March 2003]
	* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36270 Pet Birds of Bengal]		* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36270 Pet Birds of Bengal]
			* [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.477902 Kalidaser Pakhi] (The Birds of Kalidasa)

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'''Satya Churn Law''' (alternately transcribed as Satya Charan Law or Satyacharan Laha) (1888 – 11 December 1984) was a wealthy naturalist, amateur ornithologist, educationist and intellectual in Calcutta.<ref name=shils>Edward Shils, Joseph Epstein (1997) Portraits: A Gallery of Intellectuals. University of Chicago Press, 1997 {{ISBN|0-226-75336-0}}. p.78-79</ref> He was for a while a treasurer of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], a Fellow of the [[Zoological Society of London]] and Member of the [[British Ornithologists' Union]]. In 1937, [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]] became his literary assistant.<ref name=shils/>
He wrote books on a variety of topics including birds (''Pet Birds of Bengal'' 1923) based on his experience in keeping aviaries. He was a vice president of the Calcutta Zoological Garden for a while. He founded a journal, ''Prakriti'', in Bengali for the popularization of science.<ref>[http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N360412 INSA Deceased Fellow]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Law|first=Satya Churn|date=2008-04-03|title=Note on the Occurrence of some hitherto unrecorded Birds in Central and South Bengal|journal=Ibis|language=en|volume=87|issue=3|pages=405–408|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1945.tb01372.x}}</ref> He was graduated from [[Vidyasagar College]], [[Kolkata]] under [[Calcutta University]].<ref>https://www.vidyasagarcollege.edu.in/illustrious-alumnus</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030321/asp/calcutta/story_1777745.asp Aviary at Agarpara to house a business school. The Telegraph, 21 March 2003]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36270 Pet Birds of Bengal]

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