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C.V. Raman

First Asian Nobel laureate in science; discovered the Raman Effect (1928) about light scattering

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 1928 Key Scientists

Key Facts

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    Raman Effect (1928): when light scatters off molecules, some changes wavelength โ€” reveals molecular structure

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    First Indian and first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Sciences (Physics, 1930)

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    Founded the Indian Academy of Sciences (1934); also discovered why the sea is blue โ€” light scattering

๐Ÿ”ฌ Did you know? C.V. Raman won the Nobel Prize on 28 February 1930 โ€” now celebrated as National Science Day in India every year on 28 February

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First Asian Nobel laureate in science

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