21 moments

1. Birth in Tiruchirappalli

   1888-11-07 · Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

   Raman was born in Tiruchirappalli, beginning a life that would lead to foundational work on light scattering.

2. Family relocation to Visakhapatnam

   1892-01-01 · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

   As a child, Raman moved with his family to Visakhapatnam after his father joined the physics faculty of Mrs A. V. Narasimha Rao College. The source gives the year but not a more precise relocation date.

3. Student at Presidency College

   1902-01-01 · Presidency College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

   

   Raman entered Presidency College in Madras, where he completed his university education and began publishing scientific work.

4. Finance-service posting in Calcutta

   1907-06-01 · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

   

   Raman began his Indian Finance Service career in Calcutta as Assistant Accountant General; the posting also brought him into contact with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Coordinates represent central Kolkata because the quoted posting does not specify an office building.

5. Currency officer in Rangoon

   1909-01-01 · Yangon, Myanmar

   

   Raman was transferred to Rangoon to serve as a currency officer during his finance-service career. The source supports the year, not a more precise arrival date.

6. Return to Madras after his father's death

   1909-01-01 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

   

   Raman returned from Rangoon to Madras after his father became ill and remained there for the rest of that year for funeral rituals. The return occurred during 1909; no exact date is supplied.

7. Transfer to Nagpur

   1910-01-01 · Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

   

   After resuming work in Rangoon, Raman was transferred to Nagpur, another finance-service posting before his return to Calcutta.

8. Return posting to Calcutta

   1911-01-01 · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

   

   Raman was promoted to Accountant General and posted again to Calcutta, where his scientific work increasingly became central to his career. Coordinates represent central Kolkata because the posting's office site is not specified.

9. Lectures at Banaras Hindu University

   1916-02-01 · Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

   

   Raman delivered lectures on mathematics and on new paths in physics during a February lecture series at Banaras Hindu University. The source supports the interval 5–8 February 1916; month precision is used because the card represents the lecture series.

10. Joined Rajabazar Science College

    1917-07-01 · Rajabazar Science College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Raman left government service and began as Palit Professor of Physics at the University of Calcutta's Rajabazar Science College. The quoted date is 2 July 1917.

11. Acoustics study at St Paul's Cathedral

    1921-01-01 · St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    During his brief English visit, Raman studied sound transmission in the Whispering Gallery at St Paul's Cathedral. The source gives the year only.

12. Lecture visit to Oxford

    1921-01-01 · Oxford, England, United Kingdom

    

    On his first documented European trip, Raman visited Oxford and lectured at the Congress of Universities of the British Empire. The source gives the year only.

13. Return to Calcutta after Europe

    1921-01-01 · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    After the voyage, Raman returned to Calcutta and directed K. R. Ramanathan to pursue further research at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. The return follows the 1921 voyage account; the source does not give a more precise arrival date.

14. Arrival at Bombay Harbour

    1921-09-01 · Mumbai Harbour, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    

    On reaching Bombay Harbour from Europe, Raman completed his article challenging the prevailing explanation of seawater's blue colour. September 1921 is supported by the immediately preceding account of the voyage.

15. Mediterranean voyage observation

    1921-09-01 · Mediterranean Sea

    

    While returning from England aboard the S. S. Narkunda, Raman investigated the Mediterranean's blue colour, an observation that redirected his research toward light scattering. Coordinates are a representative point in the Mediterranean; the source does not document the ship's exact position.

16. British Association meeting in Toronto

    1924-08-01 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    

    Raman participated in the debate on light quanta at the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Toronto, where he argued against Arthur Compton's interpretation. The British Association meeting ran in August 1924; city coordinates are representative because the quote does not identify a venue.

17. Raman-effect discovery at IACS

    1928-02-28 · Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    

    Raman and K. S. Krishnan obtained spectra of modified scattering at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, the result later known as the Raman effect. The exact discovery date, 28 February 1928, is supported by the C. V. Raman biography's account that Raman and Krishnan obtained the separated spectra that day.

18. Knighthood ceremony at Viceroy's House

    1930-01-01 · Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India

    

    Lord Irwin conferred Raman's Knight Bachelor honour at Viceroy's House in New Delhi. The source gives the year but not the ceremony date.

19. Move to Bangalore to direct IISc

    1933-01-01 · Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    

    Raman moved from Calcutta to Bangalore to become the first Indian director of the Indian Institute of Science. The source gives the year only.

20. Raman Research Institute directorship

    1949-01-01 · Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    

    After retiring from IISc, Raman established the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore and directed it through the remainder of his life. “A year later” supports 1949; the source does not provide an exact founding date.

21. Death in Bangalore

    1970-11-21 · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    

    Raman died in Bangalore after remaining active at the Raman Research Institute into his final days. Coordinates represent Bengaluru because the infobox gives the city rather than a precise death site.