November 08, 2024
C. V. Raman was born on 07-11-1888 in Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruchirappalli in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was an Indian Physicist, Scientist, Writer & Author.
AWARD NAME | AWARD CATEGORY | RECEIPT YEAR | RECEIPT FIELD |
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Bharat Ratna | Civilian Award | 1954 | Science and Engineering |
His contribution to the world includes groundbreaking work in the field of Light Scattering that earned him Noble Prize for Physics. He was also awarded with Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award for his impeccable contribution in the field of Science.
C. V. Raman died on 21-11-1970 at age of 82 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. He died from natural causes after some days of his birthday. He fell down in his laboratory and was taken to the hospital. Doctors declared that he had only 4 days to live. He wanted to die in the gardens by his flowers of his Institute.
DEATHDAY | 21 November,1970 (Saturday) |
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DEATH PLACE | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
DEATH COUNTRY | India |
He was born to R. Chandrasekhar Iyer and Parvathi Ammal. He had a brother named Chandrasekhara Subrahmanya Ayyar. He was married to Lokasundari Ammal and together they had two sons named Venkatraman Radhakrishnan (Scientist), and Chandrasekhar Raman. He had a nephew named Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Mathematician).
C. V. Raman was 82 years 0 month & 14 days old age.