Meghnad Saha was born in 1893 in Shaoratoli in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency of British India ( in present - day Bangladesh ) .
Shaoratoli is a village near Dhaka .
Meghnad Saha was born in 1893 in Shaoratoli , a village near Dhaka , in the erstwhile Bengal Presidency of British India ( in present - day Bangladesh ) .