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Which Indian scientist received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the Chandrasekhar limit?
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C. V. Raman
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- C. V. Raman
- S. Chandrasekhar
- Satyendra Nath Bose
- 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, particularly for his calculation of the Chandrasekhar limit.
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