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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.
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. Distinguished positions. President of the Physics section, Indian Science Congress (1962) President of the General Conference of the I.A.E.A., Vienna (1970)
Aug 21, 2024 · Vikram Sarabhai (born August 12, 1919, Ahmadabad, India—died December 30, 1971, Kovalam) was an Indian physicist and industrialist who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India.
Dec 31, 1971 · NEW DELHI, Dec. 30—Vik ram A. Sarabhai, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commis sion, who had an international reputation in cosmic ray and space research, died in his sleep this morning at...
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, 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 · Lal Bahadur Shastri, who had succeeded Nehru as the prime minister in 1964, died under mysterious circumstances on January 11, soon after signing a peace treaty with Ayub Khan of Pakistan, in...
Dec 30, 2022 · December 30 marks the 51st death anniversary of the physicist, who envisioned India's rise into space and the need to go beyond the borders of our planet, even as the country was struggling to put three meals on the table.
IN the early hours of December 30, 1971, Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at Trivandram in South India. He was 52...
He founded the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad on November 11, 1947, at the age of just 28. After the death Homi J Bhabha in January 1966, Sarabhai was asked to assume the responsibilities of the office of the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. At that time he was deeply involved in three major areas.
