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RAMAN
C.V.Raman
C. V. Raman was born on 7 November 1888 in a small
village of Thiruvanaikaval near Tiruchirapalli
(Trichonopoly), in Tamil Nadu. Raman's parents were R.
Chandrasekhara Iyer and Parvathi Ammal. Raman's
father, who initially taught in a local school for many
years and later became a lecturer in mathematics and
physics in Mrs. A.V. Narasimha Rao College,
Vishakapatnam (then Vizagapatnam) in Andhra Pradesh.