Bengaluru in the Space Age
The atlas holds 8 people and 9 moments here, from 1959 to 2020. The most recorded lives are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Martin Luther King Jr. and C. V. Raman.
Notable people
Ada Yonath
in 2020
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
from 1960 to 2005
2 moments 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
in 1970
1 moment 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.…
Pranab Mukherjee
in 2015
1 moment here
Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th President of India from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.…
Moments
- 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
- 2005 Addressed Karnataka legislature A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2015 NIMHANS dedication ceremony Pranab Mukherjee
- 2020 Indian Science Congress attendance Ada Yonath