Shouted ‘Quit India’ as a schoolboy; studied Milky way galaxy through Hindi poem: This Indian scientist, inspired by Gandhi, later built two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes

Independence day 2026: Built two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes with limited resources and designs no one had attempted before, Govind Swarup gave India a place in global astronomy that the field cannot ignore. As India marks 80 years of independence this August, his story stands as one of the most remarkable in Indian science.

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