IND-IIA-F173-I09
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25-08-1982
Part of M.K.Vainu Bappu's newspaper clippings
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.
Vainu Bappu, M. K.