The Chandrasekhar limit was named after an astrophysicist, what is the name of his uncle of which is also a novel laureate?
Chandrasekhar family The Chandrasekhar family is an Indian intellectual family. Several members of the family have achieved scientific distinction, notably in the field of physics. Two members of the family, Sir C. V. Raman and his nephew, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, were Nobel laureates in physics.
Pathani Samanta Pathani Samanta ( ; Odia: ପଠାଣି ସାମନ୍ତ born Samanta Chandra Sekhar Harichandan Mahapatra; 13 December 1835 - 11 June 1904) was an Indian astrologer and scholar who measured the distance from earth with a bamboo pipe and many other traditional instruments that he built. This earned him the "Mahamahopadhyaya" award in 1893. His observations, research and calculations were compiled into a book "Siddhanta Darpana" which has verses written in Sanskrit in Odia script.