GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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C. V. Raman
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Abhijit Banerjee
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Vikram Sarabhai
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Detailed explanation-1: -A.P.J. Abdul Kalam visited Switzerland in 2005 after which the country declared 26 May as ‘Science Day’ to pay respect and honour to his visit.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. 26th May is observed as ‘Science Day’ in Switzerland in honour of APJ Abdul Kalam. The day was announced on his arrival in Geneva in 2005 on this day. He was also the first Indian head to visit the country after 30 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology. He also played a pivotal organisational, technical, and political role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, the first since the original nuclear test by India in 1974.