639 words short biography of Sir C.V. Raman

Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman was the first Indian scientist to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930. The award was given for his discovery of the “Scattering Effect of Light”. The British government conferred knighthood on him. Henceforth the title ‘Sir” was added to his name. He is known as Sir C.V.Raman.