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Which Indian astrophysicist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies of the processes of formation of stars?
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Jayant Narlikar
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- Jayant Narlikar
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- K. S. Krishnan
- Homi J. Bhabha
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars. He is renowned for the Chandrasekhar limit.
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