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National Science Day

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National Science Day National Science Day National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928 . For his discovery, Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. National Science Day is celebrated in India every year on 28 February. The celebration also includes public speeches, radio, TV, science movies, science exhibitions based on themes and concepts, debates, quiz competitions, lectures, science model exhibitions and many more activities. This day is celebrated to spread a message about the importance of science used in the daily life of the people. It is celebrated to discuss all the issues and implement new technologies for the development in the field of science. To give an opportunity to the scienti

Har Gobind Khorana

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S.N. Bose Har Gobind Khorana "Although poor, my father was dedicated to educating his children and we were practically the only literate family in the village inhabited by about 100 people." - Har Gobind Khorana Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian American biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for research that showed the order of nucleotides in nucleic acids, which carry the genetic code of the cell and control the cell's synthesis of proteins. Early Life and Education Khorana was born to Krishna Devi Khorana and Ganpat Rai Khorana in Raipur, a village in Punjab, British India in a Punjabi Hindu family. He did his schooling from D.A.V. (Dayanand Anglo-Vedic) High School in Multan, in West Punjab. He studied at the Punjab University in Lahore, with the assistance of scholarships, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1943 and a Master of Science degree in 1945 . In 1945

Satyendra Nath Bose

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S.N. Bose Satyendra Nath Bose Satyendra Nath Bose was among the few early scientists who understood the meaning and importance of Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity, an alumnus of University of Calcutta whose records are yet to be broken and a polymath who had a wide range of interests in varied fields, including physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, collaborating with Albert Einstein in developing the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he was awarded India's second highest civilian award - the Padma Vibhushan , in 1954 by the Government of India. Early Life Bose was born on 1st January, 1894 and educat

National Mathematics Day

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National Mathematics Day National Mathematics Day: History On 125th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, India's then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced that 22nd December would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Day in India. Since then, we celebrate National Mathematics Day every year to mark and commemorate the birth Anniversary of Ramanujan, the genius of his Era . National Mathematics Day: Significance The National Mathematics Day is celebrated across the nation to acknowledge the contributions and excellence of Ramanujan in the field of Mathematics. It inspires the current generation to carry on the wonderful legacy of India's sacred soil. India has always had genius mathematicians in its history like Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Nilkantha Somayaji, etc. Following the same path, Ramanujan also kept the l