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Raja Ramanna (28 January 1925 – 24 September 2004) was an Indian physicist. He was the director of India's nuclear program in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which culminated in Smiling Buddha, India's first successful nuclear weapon test on 18 May 1974.
May 6, 2024 · Raja Ramanna (born January 28, 1925, Tumkur, India—died September 24, 2004, Mumbai) was an Indian nuclear physicist who played a key role in the development of that country’s nuclear weapons program.
Nov 16, 2011 · Dr. Raja Ramanna is referred to as the ‘Father of India’s nuclear program’, he played a tremendous role in ensuring that India joined the elite league of nuclear powered nations.
Jan 28, 2019 · 41 years ago, Indian physicist, Raja Ramanna, was invited to stay in Iraq, as a prized guest of Saddam Hussein. As expected, such an invite sent by the Iraqi dictator to a nuclear physicist, was not all that cordial and had a hidden agenda.
Raja Ramanna was a multifaceted personality – an eminent nuclear physicist, a highly accomplished technologist, an able administrator, an inspiring leader, a gifted musician, a scholar of Sanskrit literature and philosophy, and above all a completed human being.
Sep 26, 2004 · NEW DELHI, Sept. 25 - Dr. Raja Ramanna, an eminent physicist and developer of India's nuclear bomb program who played a major role in the country's first nuclear test in 1974, died on Friday...
Oct 21, 2004 · Raja Ramanna played a pivotal role in India's first underground nuclear explosion in May 1974 when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister. He brought together several teams...
