Shanti swaroop bhatnagar biography examples

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (21 February – 1 January ) was a well-known Indian scientist.

Bhatnagar was born in Shahpur, now in Pakistan. His Brahmo father Parmeshwari Sahai Bhatnagar died when he was only eight months old and he spent his childhood in the house of his maternal grandfather, an engineer, where he developed a liking for science and engineering. He used to enjoy building mechanical toys, electronic batteries, string telephones. From his maternal family he also inherited a gift of poetry, and his Urdu one-act play Karamati won the first prize in a competition.

A British company was drilling for oil nära Rawalpindi, when it came across an unexpected problem. The combined with salty water to become a hard, rocky mass. Further drilling became extremely difficult and so work came to a standstill. The company faced a crisis. It began to look for someone who could solve the problem.

Finally it was referred to Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. His contributi

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