National Science Day in India is not dedicated to the birthday or death anniversary of any great scientist. Not only this, it is actually not dedicated to any scientist but to the achievement of a great scientist. The day of 28 February is recorded as a very important day in the history of India. On this day in 1928, the first major scientific discovery was made in India, due to which National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February because on this day Indian scientist CV Raman made the biggest discovery of his life, for which he was honored Was the Nobel Prize. ,
what was that discovery
This was the first time that an Indian had received the Nobel Prize for Science. His discovery is known as the Raman Effect. In honor of this discovery of Dr. CV Raman, National Science Day is celebrated with the aim of encouraging the young scientists and children of the country.
Nobel was received even when the country was a slave
CV Raman discovered the Raman effect in 1921 while returning to London by ship from Bombay to find an answer to a very simple question without extensive research and expensive equipment, whose impact was so profound in the world of science that the British Nobel Committee could Was. do not hesitate to award the Nobel Prize to
That’s why February 28 was chosen
In 1986, the National Council for Science and Technology Communication recommended to the Government of India that National Science Day should be celebrated every year on 28 February in the country. Today this day is celebrated in all the schools, colleges, universities and other educational, scientific, technical, medical and research institutions of the country.
Science Day was started in 1987
This day is celebrated across the country since 28 February 1987 and from the year 2020, scientific awards are also given for making special contributions in the field of science and communication to encourage science in the country. On this day many activities like public lectures, science related programs on Radio TV etc., science films are shown and scientific exhibitions are organized across the country.