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Explore the life and contributions of Homi J. Bhabha , the pioneer of India's nuclear program. Discover his early life, academic achievements, key roles in establishing research institutions, and lasting impact on science and technology. Homi J. Bhabha was born to Meheren (Mother) and Jehangir Hormusji Bhabha (Father), a well-known Parsi lawyer, and his mother was Meheren. He was related to businessman Dinshaw Maneckji Petit. Homi Jehangir Bhabha , FNI, [2] FASc, [3] FRS [4] (30 October 1909 – 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme ". He was the founding director and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), as well as the founding director of the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) which was renamed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in his honour. TIFR and AEET served as the cornerstone to ... Bhabha 's Early Life An admirable account of Bhabha 's early life is to be found in a memorial lecture given by Sir John Cockcroft at the Royal Institution in January 1967; and we have drawn freely on this account and also from another memorial lecture by Professor M. G. K. Menon given on the same occasion. Homi Jehangir Bhabha , was born on 30 October 1909, at Bombay, son of Jehangir H. Bhabha , M.A. (Oxon), Barrister-at-Law, and Meherbai Framji Panday, granddaughter of Sir Dinsliaw Petit ...