Sir C. V. Raman Nobel Ceremony Coverage by the European Press

Abstract

Sir C. V. Raman as the first Asian received the Physics Nobel Prize about ninety years ago, in 1930. Till this date he is the only Indian scientist to get this honour, though his other countrymen S. N. Bose, M. N. Saha and H. J. Bhabha were also nominated. C. V. Raman and his wife reached Sweden in the second week of December 1930 to receive the award and stayed in Europe until the end of January 1931. The present article recapitulates the coverage received by Sir C. V. Raman and Lady Raman in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Swiss and British newspapers.