National Science Day – February 28

National Science Day – February 28

National Science Day is celebrated annually on February – 28.

Why is it celebrated?

In memory of Sir C.V. Raman.

So is that his birthday?

No, he was born on November 7.

The year was 1888.

Celebrated in his memory?

Not even that, he died on November 21.

The year is 1970.

When should it be celebrated on February 28?

The day Sir C.V. Raman announced his Raman effect to the world is February 28. We celebrate that day as National Science Day.

Why celebrate only the day when Sir C.V. Raman announced his discovery as National Science Day when there are so many scientists in India?

Sir C.V. Raman was India's first Nobel Prize-winning scientist (in 1930). Before that, Rabindranath Tagore was the recipient of the Nobel Prize from India. It is for literature.

Not only that, he was also the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Science. Sir C.V.Raman was the first Nobel laureate in the field of science born in the Asian continent.

Not only that, but he was the first non-white scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Science.

Not only that, he was also a Nobel laureate who studied in India and conducted research in India.

Not only that, he was also a scholar who worked in India throughout his life and did research in India despite receiving many foreign calls during his life.

Not only that, it was Sir C.V. Raman who started his Nobel speech by paying homage to the Indian freedom fighters even though the British government had warned him not to talk about Indian freedom or Indian freedom fighters during the Nobel speech.

Not only that, it was Sir C.V. Raman who persuaded many Indian scientists to conduct research in India instead of sending them abroad.

For such a person, it is special to celebrate the day of the announcement of the Raman effect, which led to the Nobel Prize in science for India, as National Science Day.

 Don't you want to know a little about him?

Sir C.V. Raman is an abbreviation of the name Sir Chadrasekara Venkata Raman.

Sir is the title given to him by the British government.

His name is Venkataraman.

Chandrasekaran is his father's name.

Celebrating National Science Day in memory of Sir C.V. Raman is a matter of pride for all of us Tamilians.

How?

Sir C.V. Raman was a Tamilian.

He was born in Thiruvanaikaval near Trichy.

Although his schooling took place in Visakhapatnam due to his father's work, his college education was at Madras Presidency College, in our Tamil Nadu.

He has worked as a Professor of Physics at Calcutta University for 15 years and as a Scientist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for 15 years.

He has started Indian Journal of Physics and Current Science with the aim of making the scientific studies of Indians known to the world.

He has created organizations like Indian Science Academy and Current Science Association to produce scientists.

He has Fellow of Royal Society, Knighthood, Hughes of Royal Society during the British rule. Specials like Sir have been honoured to him.

After India's independence, the Government of India conferred the Bharat Ratna Award in 1954. He is one of the first three recipients of the Bharat Ratna award. It is also noteworthy that all three are Tamils. The other two of the trio are Radhakrishnan and Rajaji.

The King of Mysore honored him by giving him the title of Rajsaba Bhusan.

The Italian nation has awarded the Matteucci Medal.

Franklin Medal awarded by the Philadelphia Society.

The Russian nation has been honored by the International Lenin Prize.

It is special for us Indians to celebrate the day when such a man announced his discovery as National Science Day every year on February 28.

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