Saturday 28 February 2015

History of the day February 28

Year Events
Since 1987
(Annually)

 NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 


National Science Day is celebrated every year in India on "February 28" to commemorate the invention of Raman Effect by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. He discovered Raman Effect which is based on change in wavelength of  light travelling through dust free, transparent chemical compound on February 28 in the year 1928. For this invention, he got Noble Prize in the Physics in the year 1930. On recommendations of National Council for Science & Technology Communication, Government of India decided to celebrate this day as National Science Day in 1986. First National Science Day was celebrated in the year 1987.




















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