In 1930, anticipating Nobel Prize, CV Raman bought two tickets to Stockholm, other for wife, as early as September, 3 months early.
His conviction was not misplaced; he was decorated with the Nobel Prize for Physics that year for his path-breaking work. #BirthAnniversary
Raman was also the first Non white to get Nobel Prize in science. It took merely Rs. 200 to make this discovery & now millions of rupees. University of Cambridge offered him a Professor’s job. He rejected & later appointed as 1st Non British Director of IISc Bangalore in 1933.
During WW2 tried best to bring some scientists to work in #IISc, including Niel Bohr, Heisenberg, Pauli. Max Born spend some time here.
CV Raman studied Science, but got selected in Indian Financial Service. Was in good position. But later returned back to world of science.
During his tenure at IISc, Homi J Bhabha was also working closely. And later Vikram Sarabhai joined under Raman in Physics department. India celebrates National Science Day on 28th Feb, day when CV Raman discovered the Raman Effect. Let's remember genius on his birth Anni. 🙏
The day when he received Nobel prize. He was sitting under Union Jack. And that is what broke him. Do read.
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