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- 25-08-1982 (Creation)
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1 newspaper clipping
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Vainu Bappu was born on August 10, 1927, in Chennai, as the only child of Manali Kukuzhi Bappu and Kallat Sunanna Bappu. His ancestors are from Thalassery, Kerala. His father was an astronomer at the Nizamiah Observatory in Andhra Pradesh. He attended the Harvard Graduate School of Astronomy for his PhD after obtaining a postgraduate degree from Madras University. He was the Director of Kodaikanal Observatory during the period 1960 - 1982. Under Dr. Bappu, in 1971 Kodaikanal Observatory became the Indian Institute of Astrophysics an autonomous research institute.
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Archival history
The collection was transferred from IIA library to IIA Archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The collection was acquired from IIA library
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Scope and content
The item was about the rich tributes paid to the noted Indian astronomer M. K. Vainu Bappu. Scientists of Bombay at a condolence meeting held at the Nehru Planetarium on August 22. The director of TIFR said M. K. Vainu Bappu was a giant among astronomers and also suggested that the famous 90-inch telescope should be renamed after him. It also speaks on the M. K. Vainu Bappu-Wilson effect and also the first Indian to discover a comet that had been named after him.
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This item transferred to the IIA archives have been preserved
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Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
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All documents are in English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Document is in good condition
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The originals were located in IIA Archives
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- Vainu Bappu, M. K. (Subject)
- Sreekantan, B. V. (Subject)
- Narlikar, Jayant (Subject)
- Vardya, S. (Subject)
- Venkatavardan, V. S. (Subject)
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Archival description is based on ISAD(G), second edition.
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English
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Latin
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