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C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his discovery of the Raman Effect. He was born in 1888 in Tamil Nadu and showed a strong aptitude for physics from a young age. After earning his degrees in India, he researched the diffraction of light and published works on the topic. In the 1920s, he curiously studied the blue color of water and ice and discovered the scientific explanation of why the sea and sky appear blue, which is now known as Raman scattering. Raman made many other contributions to physics and founded the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, where he continued his research until his death in 1970.

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C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his discovery of the Raman Effect. He was born in 1888 in Tamil Nadu and showed a strong aptitude for physics from a young age. After earning his degrees in India, he researched the diffraction of light and published works on the topic. In the 1920s, he curiously studied the blue color of water and ice and discovered the scientific explanation of why the sea and sky appear blue, which is now known as Raman scattering. Raman made many other contributions to physics and founded the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, where he continued his research until his death in 1970.

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C. V.

Raman

One of the most prominent Indian scientists in history, C.V. Raman was the first Indian person to win the Nobel Prize in science for his illustrious 1930 discovery, now commonly known as the Raman Effect.

Early Life:
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born at Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu on 7th November 1888 to a physics teacher. Raman was a very sharp student. After doing his matriculation at 12, he was supposed to go abroad for higher studies, but after medical examination, a British surgeon suggested against it. Raman instead attended Presidency College, Madras. After completing his graduation in 1904, and M.Sc. in Physics in 1907, Raman put through various significant researches in the field of physics. He studied the diffraction of light and his thesis on the subject was published in 1906.

Contributions and Achievements:


On a sea voyage to Europe in 1921, Raman curiously noticed the blue color of the glaciers and the Mediterranean. He was passionate to discover the reason of the blue color. Once Raman returned to India, he performed many experiments regarding the scattering of light from water and transparent blocks of ice. According to the results, he established the scientific explanation for the blue color of sea-water and sky.

Death:Sir

C.V. Raman became the Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1924. A year later, he set up Raman Research Institute near Bangalore, where

he continued the scientific research until his death which was caused by a strong heart attack on November 21, 1970

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