Bengaluru in the Cold War
The atlas holds 6 people and 7 moments here, from 1949 to 1991. The most recorded lives are C. V. Raman, Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Hodgkin.
Notable people
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
in 1960
1 moment here
Indian aerospace engineer, science administrator, author, and the eleventh president of India.…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 1975
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
C. V. Raman
from 1949 to 1970
2 moments here
Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1974
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1991
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Moments
- 1949 Raman Research Institute directorship C. V. Raman
- 1959 Stays in Bangalore Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1960 Joined Aeronautical Development Establishment A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 1970 Death in Bangalore C. V. Raman
- 1974 Scientific visit to Bengaluru Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1975 Emergency internment Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 1991 Arrival for Bengaluru concert Lata Mangeshkar