CV Raman

CV Raman

Recently the birth anniversary of CV Raman was celebrated.

  • Born in 1888 in Tamil Nadu
  • Founded Indian Journal of Physics and Indian Academy of Sciences, registered as Society under Societies Registration Act in 1934.
  • Won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930
    • Became the 1st Asian to receive Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Awarded Bharat Ratna in 1954.
    • One of the recipients who got the Bharat Ratna for the 1st time in 1954 (along with S. Radhakrishnan and C. Rajagopalachari).
  • National Science Day(February 28) is celebrated every year to commemorate his discovery of the Raman Effect in 1928.
    • Raman Effect – A phenomenon when a stream of light passes through a liquid, a fraction of light scattered by liquid is of a different colour
  • Raman, a lunar crater, is named after Sir CV Raman.
  • Died in – 1970

Source: Times of India


Previous Year Question

A recent movie titled The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the biography of:

[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2016 Prelims]

(a) S. Ramanujan
(b) S. Chandrasekhar
(c) S. N. Bose
(d) C. V. Raman

Answer: (a)


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