Name the scientist who discovered magnetic effect of electric current.

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Dutch scientist Hans Christian Oested discovered the magnetic effect of electric current.
Magnetic needle gets deflected when placed near a current-carrying wire.
The magnetic field produced by the current-carrying wire is responsible for the deflection.
Hence the scientist who discovered the magnetic effect of electric current was Christian Oested.

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