Early Astronomical Observations in India 1. William Petrie’s Private Observatory (1786) – Masulipatnam William Petrie, an officer of the East India Company, conducted the Read More
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Radha Gobinda Chandra (1878–1975): The Pioneer of Observational Astronomy in Bengal 1. First Indian to Observe a Nova (1918) On 7 June 1918, Radha Gobinda Chandra Read More
GROWTH-India is India’s first fully robotic telescope, which became operational on June 12, 2018, at the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), Hanle, Ladakh. It Read More
Dr. G.C. Anupama made history in 2019 when she was elected as the first woman president of the Astronomical Society of Read More
Major General Sir Singh Sokhey was a distinguished Indian scientist and medical researcher associated with the Haffkine Institute in Bombay (now Read More
India conducted its first successful nuclear test at Pokhran, Rajasthan, in an operation codenamed “Smiling Buddha.” This test marked India’s entry Read More
INDUS-1 was India’s first synchrotron radiation facility, commissioned in 2002 at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) in Indore, Madhya Read More
The Colaba Geomagnetic Observatory, established in 1846 in Bombay (now Mumbai, Maharashtra), was the first geomagnetic observatory in pre-Independence India. It was Read More
Dr. D.N. Wadia was the President of the 22nd International Geological Congress (IGC), which was held in New Delhi in 1964. He Read More
First Postgraduate Course in Oceanography – Andhra University (1948) Institution: Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra PradeshYear Introduced: 1948Significance: First postgraduate program in oceanography in Read More
