Multiple choice

Who was the Indian scientist who enabled India to become an atomic power and died in an air crash in Italy?

  1. C.V. Raman

  2. S.S. Bhatnagar

  3. H.J. Bhabha

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Homi J. Bhabha is known as the father of the Indian nuclear program and played a pivotal role in establishing India's atomic energy capabilities. He founded the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the Atomic Energy Commission of India. Bhabha tragically died in a plane crash in 1966 while traveling to Geneva.

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