Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Homi Bhabha was born on October 30, 1909, in Bombay.

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He studied at Elphinstone College, Bombay, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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He founded the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).

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Dubbed the "Father of the Indian Nuclear Programme" for pioneering India's atomic energy ambitions.

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He convinced Prime Minister Nehru to start India’s nuclear programme.

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Bhabha presided over the UN Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in 1955.

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Bhabha was the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1948.

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He played a key role in the founding of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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Homi Bhabha died in an air crash on January 24, 1966.

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