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March 12, 1944

Letter from Homi Bhabha to Sir Dorab of Tata Trust

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Dr. Homi Bhabha’s letter to Dr. Sorab detailing the poor condition of applied research in India due to lack of pure research workers and a hope to remedy the problem by building an advanced physics university in Bombay.

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Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhaba Papers, IDSA-HBP-12031944. Obtained and contributed by A. Vinod Kumar and the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

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