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The CV of C. V. Raman
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970), Indian physicist, awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the inelastic scattering of light (The Raman effect).
- 1888.
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- Born in Tiruchirapalli, India.
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- 1917-1933.
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- Professor of physics, University of Calcutta.
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- 1922.
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- Publishes 'Molecular Diffraction of Light.'
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- 1929.
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- Named Sir.
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- 1930.
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- Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of the Raman effect.
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- 1933.
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- Head of the Department of Physics of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
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- 1934.
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- President of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
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- 1947.
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- Director of the Raman Research Institute, in Bangalore.
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- 1951.
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- Publishes 'The New Physics; Talks on Aspects of Science.'
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- 1970.
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- Dies in Bangalore.
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