Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in

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Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics?

1. Prof. Chandrashekhar
2. Sir C.V. Raman
3. Satyendra Nath Bosh
4. Vikram Sarabhai

Correct Option: A

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an IndianAmerican astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries in astrophysics that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars. The Chandrasekhar limit is named after him.