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Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

19 October 1910

Indian-American astrophysicist. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was born on 19 October 1910 in what is now Pakistan. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is remembered as a mathematician, physicist and astronomer, a citizen of the United States and India. Notable works include “Chandrasekhar limit”, “Chandrasekhar number” and “Schönberg–Chandrasekhar limit”.

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