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Dec 30, 2008 · Dr Vikram Sarabhai died in a room of his favourite resort on Kovalam beach after he had witnessed firing of a Russian rocket and inaugurated Thumba railway station.
Death. On 30 December 1971, Sarabhai was to review the SLV design before his departure for Bombay the same night. He had spoken to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on the telephone. Within an hour into the conversation, Sarabhai died of cardiac arrest at the age of 52 in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram ). His body was cremated in Ahmedabad .
Dec 30, 2021 · Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai died on December 30, 1971. It was the same day when he was supposed to review the SLV design before his departure for Bombay. Before his death, he had also spoken to the then President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, on the telephone.
Aug 18, 2021 · After Homi Bhabha died in 1966, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi picked Sarabhai to helm India’s atomic energy establishment. Contrary to Sarabhai’s intentions, most senior people of the...
Oct 27, 2017 · On December 30, 1971, Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme, was found dead in a hotel room at the Halcyon Castle in Kovalam.
Dec 30, 2018 · Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India’s space programme, died this day 52 years ago. New Delhi: Vikram Sarabhai is widely credited as the father of India’s space programme. But the dashing scientist was so much more – some of India’s most celebrated institutions today, from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad to the Indian Space ...
Jun 28, 2024 · In full: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai. Born: August 12, 1919, Ahmadabad, India. Died: December 30, 1971, Kovalam (aged 52) Notable Family Members: daughter Mallika Sarabhai. Subjects Of Study: space exploration. nuclear power.
Dec 30, 2022 · Dr Vikram Sarabhai laid the foundation of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in 1969, and in the five decades since then India has reached the Moon and Mars.
Dec 30, 2020 · With the help of Homi Jehangir Bhabha, he established India’s first-ever rocket launching station. Vikram Sarabhai was instrumental in many issues like business innovation and development. Sarabhai had a major role in establishing India's astronomical future.
Jul 18, 2022 · What was Vikram Sarabhai’s legacy? One evening in December 1971, Sarabhai was reviewing a design while getting ready to head to Bombay that night. After a brief conversation with fellow space researcher Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (who would later be President of India), Sarabhai died of a heart attack aged 52.
