Dr CV Raman's Rare Footage Receiving Nobel Prize in Stockholm Shared On His 132nd Birthday.

Today(7th November 2020, Saturday), on the occasion of Dr C V Raman’s 132nd birth anniversary, the official handle of the Nobel Prize shared rare footage of the physicist visiting Stockholm in 1930 to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. The black-and-white video is going viral across social media sites and has delighted many.

Dr Raman was awarded the prestigious prize for his work on light scattering, which came to be called the ‘Raman effect’. He was the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in any branch of science. Watch the video here:

On the eve of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman's birthday, take a look at this clip from 1930 when Sir Raman had just arrived to Stockholm, Sweden to receive his Nobel Prize at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December. #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/KgU1rTAO1Q

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The official handle of the Nobel Prize wrote on Instagram:

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On the eve of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman's birthday, take a look at this clip from 1930. It displays Sir Raman after he has arrived in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony that was held on 10 December 1930. Raman was awarded the physics prize "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him." When light meets particles that are smaller than the light's wavelength, the light spreads in different directions. This occurs, for example, when light packets - photons - encounter molecules in a gas. In 1928 Venkata Raman discovered that a small portion of the scattered light acquires other wavelengths than that of the original light. This is because some of the incoming photons' energy can be transferred to a molecule, giving it a higher level of energy. Among other things, the phenomenon is used to analyze different types of material. Video copyright © Sveriges Television AB 2009 #NobelPrize #NobelLaureate #physics

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Talking elaborately about his findings, the agency added in 1928, the Indian scientist discovered that a small portion of the scattered light acquires other wavelengths than that of the original light. “This is because some of the incoming photons’ energy can be transferred to a molecule, giving it a higher level of energy. Among other things, the phenomenon is used to analyze different types of material,” it said.

Sir CV Raman was the man of extraordinary ability. He passed his 10th standard when he was 11 year old. At the age of 15 he had a degree with a gold medal in physics. By the time he was 19 he had MA.

In addition to being brilliant, he was curious about the world around him. pic.twitter.com/P9xCarYMBG

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Many Tributes on Twitter poured in on 'Raman Effect' as the video gained a lot of attention online.

Dr Raman has been honoured with a large number of honorary doctorates and memberships of scientific societies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society early in his career (1924), and was knighted in 1929.