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Scientists of Modern India — Syllabus

NIOS · Class 10 · Indian Culture and Heritage

What Scientists of Modern India covers in NIOS Class 10 Indian Culture and Heritage: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · NIOS Class 10 Indian Culture and Heritage · 2026-27

Topics in Scientists of Modern India

1

Srinivasa Ramanujan

  • Born on 22 December 1887 at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
  • His parents shifted to Kumbakonam, 160 km from Chennai.
  • He encountered G.S. Carr's book Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematic at the age of thirteen.
2

C.V. Raman

  • Born on 7 November 1888 in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.
  • He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 and was the first Asian to receive it.
  • He stood first in the IAAS Examination and became Assistant Accountant General at the age of nineteen.
3

J.C. Bose

  • Born on 30 November 1858 at Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh.
  • He studied at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta.
  • He refused salary at Presidency College because it was nearly half that of an Englishman.
4

Homi Jehangir Bhabha

  • Born on 30 October 1909 in a Parsi family.
  • He received his doctorate from Cambridge in 1935.
  • He is called the Father of Indian Nuclear Science.

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Central concept: Modern Indian scientists and their contributions to science, technology, and nation-building

Srinivasa RamanujanC.V. RamanJ.C. BoseHomi Jehangir BhabhaVikram Ambalal SarabhaiA.P.J. Abdul KalamCommon scientific values

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