Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS

Brief Life History of Subrahmanyan

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS was born on 19 October 1910, in Lahore, Punjab, India as the son of Subrahmanya Ayyar Chandrasekhara and Sita Balakrishnan. He married Lalithamaal Doraiswamy in September 1936, in Madras, India. He immigrated to Laredo, Webb, Texas, United States in 1943 and lived in United Kingdom in 1995. He died on 21 August 1995, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Arlington Heights Cemetery, Arlington Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS
1910–1995
Lalithamaal Doraiswamy
1910–2013
Marriage: September 1936

Sources (30)

  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Subrahnany Chandrasekha, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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1912 · The Girl Scouts

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1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

1933 · A Century of Progress World's Fair

The city of Chicago was presented another chance to host a World's Fair. It was to commemorate the 100 years of the City's existence. 

Name Meaning

Indian (southern states): from a personal name based on Sanskrit Chandrashekhar, an epithet of Shiva, meaning ‘one whose hair is adorned by the moon’. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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