Highlights of the Year
⚑India becomes a Republic — the Constitution takes effect
†Death of Sarat Bose
•Henning Holck-Larsen — Built L&T into India's largest engineering and construction firm
•Harish Chandra — To the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
†Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay — Died — his novels later filmed by Satyajit Ray
•Amritlal Hargovinddas — His work seeded what became Gujarat University
•P.C. Mahalanobis — Pioneered large-scale random sample surveys
•F.C. Kohli — MS in electrical engineering from MIT
Top Bose Boys Hotspots
Debendra Mohan Bose · Satyendra Nath Bose · Meghnad Saha +10 more
Bombay
Homi Jehangir Bhabha · J.C. Mahindra · Lata Mangeshkar +6 more
Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru · Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel · Bhimrao Ambedkar +4 more
Bangalore
C.V. Raman · Jnan Chandra Ghosh · Walchand Hirachand +2 more
Cambridge
Kamala Sohonie · D.S. Kothari · C.R. Rao +2 more
Ahmedabad
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai · Ambalal Sarabhai · Kasturbhai Lalbhai +1 more
Madras
Abala Bose · R. Narasimhan · R.K. Narayan