Raja Ramanna (28 January 1925 – 24 September 2004) was an Indian nuclear physicist. He was the director of India's nuclear program in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which culminated in Smiling Buddha , India's first successful nuclear weapon test on 18 May 1974.

Raja Ramanna (born January 28, 1925, Tumkur, India—died September 24, 2004, Mumbai) was an Indian nuclear physicist who played a key role in the development of that country’s nuclear weapons program. Ramanna was educated at the Bishop Cotton Boys’ School in Bangalore (Bengaluru), India.

Raja Ramanna (1926-2004) was an Indian physicist. Ramanna was born in Tumkur in Karnataka State. He studied science at Madras Christian College before moving to London, where he completed a Ph.D. in physics at King’s College. Upon his return to India in 1949, Ramanna was recruited by Homi Bhabha to join the Indian nuclear program. Ramanna ...

Aug 19, 2021 · Dr Raja Ramanna was one of India’s most celebrated nuclear physicists, a scientist who helped shape India’s nuclear programme. But there was one thing his colleagues could never figure out – the suffix to his name – ‘PhD’, ‘LRSM’. ‘LRSM’? Yet those seven letters of the alphabet summed up the very genius of the man.

Sep 26, 2004 · NEW DELHI, Sept. 25 - Dr. Raja Ramanna, an eminent physicist and developer of India's nuclear bomb program who played a major role in the country's first nuclear test in 1974, died on Friday...

Nov 16, 2011 · Dr. Raja Ramanna is referred to as the ‘Father of India’s nuclear program’, he played a tremendous role in ensuring that India joined the elite league of nuclear powered nations.

Jan 28, 2025 · Ramanna was a multifaceted scientist whose life combined the precision of science with the elegance of art. Born on January 28, 1925, in Tumkur, Karnataka, Ramanna’s journey to becoming a global icon of nuclear science began with an education rooted in physics and mathematics.

Mumbai- Eminent scientist and doyen of India’s nuclear programme, Dr Raja Ramanna, died of an intestinal problem early on Friday (September 24) morning in Mumbai. Ramanna, 79, is survived by...

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