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Who was the first Indian to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of London?
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V. Raman
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Satyendra Nath Bose
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Srinivas Ramanujan
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P.C. Mahalanobis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ramanujan became the second Indian Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918, and the first Indian Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in the same year. Connections: G. H. Hardy, Bertrand Russell.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was around that time that Hardy had proposed the name of Ramanujan to be elected as the Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society, first ever Indian scientist that too at a very young age of 30.
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