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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.
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May 6, 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.
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Aug 18, 2021 · Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme, died in 1971 after a long and stressful tenure as the head of the Atomic Energy Commission. He faced opposition from senior scientists, political pressure for the bomb, and health problems due to his hectic schedule.
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...
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.
