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C. V. Raman

1888 – 1970

Raman scattering, now the basis of a ubiquitous laboratory spectroscopy.

India·PhysicsNobel

Satyendra Nath Bose

1894 – 1974

Bose–Einstein statistics; the boson is named after him.

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