Write a short descriptive paragraph on the famous Indian scientist Sir CV Raman in 100-150 words on the basis of the following inputs.
Born on 7 November 1888 in Madras—physician by profession—worked in the field of light scattering—the discovery is known as ‘Raman Effect’—won Nobel Prize in 1930 for his discovery—elected ‘Fellow of the Royal Society’ in 1924—in 1954 India honoured him with its height civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’—breathed his last on 21 November 1970.
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Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman born on 7 November 1888, in the former Madras Province of India (presently Tamil Nadu) was an Indian physician who carried out grou that when light traverses a transparent material. Some of the deflected light changes wavelength. This phenomena of "Raman effect" eamed him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics. -breaking ork in the field of light scattering. He discovered Raman was 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 in 1924 and knighted in 1929. He later resigned from the fellowship in 1968 for reasons unrecorded, the only Indian FR ever to doo So. In 1954, India honoured him with its highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna an celebrates National Science Day on 28 February of every' year to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect in 1928. Raman breathed his last on 21 November 1970.