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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Born19 October, 1910
Died21 August, 1995
NationalityBritish Indian
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics(1983)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar(19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was anIndianPhysicist.He received the 1983Nobel PrizeinPhysicsalongsideWilliam Alfred Fowler"for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars".[1]

He was born inLahorenow Pakistan until 1916, his family came and settled in Allahabad then in 1918, moved to Madras. He died inChicago.

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  1. "Subrahmanyan-Chandrasekhar-Facts".Nobelprize.org.