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Question
Google the information about any five Indian scientists using the following points. Arrange it in a tabular form.
- Name
- Place of birth
- Discovery/Invention
- Awards and Honours
Activity
Solution
Name | Place of Birth | Discovery/Invention | Awards and Honours |
C.V. Raman | Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu | Discovered the Raman Effect, which explains how light's wavelength changes when it travels through polymers. | Nobel Prize in Physics (1930); Bharat Ratna (1954); Knight Bachelor (1930); Fellow of the Royal Society (1924). |
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu | Contributed significantly to the development of India's military missiles and civilian space program; dubbed the "Missile Man of India." | Bharat Ratna (1997); Padma Vibhushan (1990); Padma Bhushan (1981). |
Jagadish Chandra Bose | Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency (now in Bangladesh) | Created the Crescograph, a tool for measuring plant growth, and used it to show that plants are living things by identifying minute movements in their tissues. | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (1903); Companion of the Order of the Star of India (1912). |
Homi Jehangir Bhabha | Bombay, Bombay Presidency (now Mumbai, Maharashtra) | Helped shape India's nuclear program; he is referred to as the "Father of the Indian Nuclear Program." | Fellow of the Royal Society (1941); Adams Prize (1942); Padma Bhushan (1954). |
Srinivasa Ramanujan | Erode, Tamil Nadu | Made significant advances in number theory, infinite series, continued fractions, and mathematical analysis. | Fellow of the Royal Society (1918); Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. |
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