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#VIKRAMSARABHAI - The Father of Bharat’s Space Programme.

The Scientist Who Dreamt Of #Atmanirbharata In Space Research.
On his Punyasmaran Divas let us know how he achieved something unimaginable.

It was late 1960s, the European Union’s Satellites failed one after another in
Austalia’s launch station and they decided to stop further launches.
To avoid losses they decided to sell unused “Satellite Telemetry and Tracking” devices and placed ad in prominent journals and magazines.
Vikram Sarabhai read this advertisement and called up Arvamudan,
a scientist who working at Tumba and called him to Bombay.
In Bombay, Sarabhai met Aravamudan and another scientist H G S Murthy asked them to proceed to Australia.
The 2 scientists went to RBI and asked for Blank DD, the RBI officer got angry & sent these 2 scientists out,
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#VIKRAMSARABHAI – The Scientist Who Dreamt Of #Atmanirbharata In Space Research.
On his Punyasmaran Divas, 4 incidents which is not known to many.
1) It was late 1960s, the European Union’s Satellites failed one after another in Austalia’s launch station and they decided to stop
further launches.
To avoid losses they decided to sell unused “Satellite Telemetry and Tracking” devices and placed ad in prominent journals and magazines.
Vikram Sarabhai read this advertisement and called up Arvamudan, a scientist who working at Tumba and called him to Bombay.
In Bombay, Sarabhai met Aravamudan and another scientist H G S Murthy asked them to proceed to Australia.
The 2 scientists went to RBI and asked for Blank DD, the RBI officer got angry & sent these 2 scientists out, the 2 scientists called up Sarabhai, he after listening to them
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#RocketryTheNambiEffect has MANY FIRSTS to its credit.

Making it, potentially, a late-but-not-least PIONEERING EFFORT in INDIAN CINEMA.

Putting them across in this THREAD and linked article.

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science.newsbharati.com/Encyc/2021/4/5…
Given popular Indian cinema's repute for exploiting cinematic liberties, one wasn't expecting the moviemakers to research well?

But they did in this case. The movie therefore becomes a chronicle of India's post-independence struggle to reach where it is now.

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The protagonist in the trailer is shown walking in a workshop wearing SEP apron.

SEP = Societe Europeenne de Propulsion, is a French engine manufacturer now known as SAFRAN.

ISRO-SAFRAN relations have been thickest, & epitome of #IndiaFrance strategic relations.

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#VIKRAMSARABHAI – The Scientist Who Dreamt Of #Atmanirbharata In Space Research.
On his Punyasmaran Divas, few stories about this great personality.
It was late 1960s, the European Union’s Satellites failed one after another in Austalia’s launch station and they decided to stop
further launches.
To avoid losses they decided to sell unused “Satellite Telemetry and Tracking” devices and placed ad in prominent journals and magazines.
Vikram Sarabhai read this advertisement and called up Arvamudan, a scientist who working at Tumba and called him to Bombay.
In Bombay, Sarabhai met Aravamudan and another scientist H G S Murthy asked them to proceed to Australia.
The 2 scientists went to RBI and asked for Blank DD, the RBI officer got angry & sent these 2 scientists out, the 2 scientists called up Sarabhai, he after listening to them
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#OnThisDay in 1919 was born Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India's space programme. But Sarabhai was much more than just a scientist, living an extraordinarily full life. Read on to learn more about him! #VikramSarabhai #ISRO #India #history #funwithfundas (1/23)
According to a popular (unconfirmed) story, Rabindranath Tagore, a part-time phrenologist, seeing the baby Sarabhai's large and unusually shaped forehead, pronounced that "this boy will achieve great things". #tagore (2/23)
For those wondering, phrenology is a pseudoscientific study of the shape and bumps on the skull to predict a person's character and traits. It was very popular in the 19th century. (3/23)
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How the shameless #DMK Govt shunted away #ISRO Launchpad from #Kanniyakumari to #Sriharikota? Shocked to know? But going by DMK's track-record this is nothing. So it was clear to ISRO that to launch polar satellites launchpad has to be located on the Eastern Coast. Hence they (1)
selected Kanniyakumari TN. #VikramSarabhai takes an appointment to meet then TN CM DMK's #Annadurai, Annadurai suffers backpain & hence asks DMK Minister Mathiyalagan to meet #Sarabhai. Mathiyalagan comes fully drunk to meet who? Father of Indian Space Program #VikramSarabhai (2)
& talks rubbish + makes unreasonable demands(u know what?) to #Sarabhai. Frustrated #VikramSarabhai leaves TN in agonly & ISRO ticks off #Sriharikota for #Kanniyakumari This shocking treachery of DMK is revealed in Scientist #NambiNarayanan's recent book.

kathirnews.com/dmk-shuns-kuma…
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