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Initially conceived master plan of the NCBS campus by Raj Rewal Associates, c 1993.

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Barren land on the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) campus, leveled prior to the construction of NCBS, c 1994.

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Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.

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Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.

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Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.

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Homi Bhabha's hand written draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.

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Homi Bhabha's hand witten draft of a letter to Sorab Tata in April 1944. Bhabha informs him that the Dorabji Tata Trust had agreed to sponsor his scheme of setting up an institute for advanced research in physics.

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Rustom Choksi advising Homi Bhabha in February 1944 on how to draft a letter to the Tata Trust for his proposal to set up a new institute for physics. Choksi stresses that the letter should be "personal".

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In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…

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In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…

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In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…

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In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…

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In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…

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In the early 1940s, Homi Bhabha greatly benefited from the assistance of Professor Rustom Choksi, a member of the Tata Trust who advised Bhabha at every step. Here, in February 1944, Choksi advises that a letter to the Tata Trust for the proposal to…

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An excerpt from a draft of the letter that Homi Bhabha wrote to Sorabji Tata in 1944, outlining his desire to build a new research institute for physics.

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Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha mentions that institute of advanced research in physics will have parallels with the Kaiser Wilhelm (later Max Planck) institutes in Germany, which are built around outstanding…

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Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha mentions that institute of advanced research in physics will have parallels with the Kaiser Wilhelm (later Max Planck) institutes in Germany, which are built around outstanding…

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Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha raises the possibility of setting up a new institute of advanced research in physics in Bombay.

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Copy of Homi Bhabha's letter to Dorab Tata on March 12, 1944. Bhabha raises the possibility of setting up a new institute of advanced research in physics in Bombay.

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AV Hill's reply in June 1944 to Homi Bhabha after the Tata Trust agreed to sponsor a new physics research institute. Hill advises Bhabha that future application of physics will be in biology.

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AV Hill's reply in June 1944 to Homi Bhabha after the Tata Trust agreed to sponsor a new physics research institute. Hill advises Bhabha that future application of physics will be in biology.

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Homi Bhabha suggesting in a letter to Rustom Choksi in June 1944 that the word 'fundamental' should be replaced by 'advanced' in the title of the institute's name.

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Homi Bhabha makes the case for fundamental research at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for fundamental research at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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Homi Bhabha presents his point of view for the new institute at the inauguration of TIFR in 1945. A section is marked out within where he discusses the view for fundamental research.

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AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".

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AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".

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AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".

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AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".

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AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".

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AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. Toward the end, he asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being regarded as tricksters".

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Extracts from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation.

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Extracts from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation.

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An extract from AV Hill's letter in January 1945 to Homi Bhabha, reflecting on scientific cooperation. In this last page of the letter, Hill asks Bhabha to relay a message to JRD Tata, that "people here really do want to help - but don't like being…

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Homi Bhabha's letter to AV Hill in 1945, just before the end of the World War, outlining the start of the new research institute in Bombay.

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Homi Bhabha's letter to AV Hill in 1945, just before the end of the World War, outlining the start of the new research institute in Bombay.

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An extract from a 1954 copy of Marxism and Contemporary Science from the library of Obaid Siddiqi.

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Reference letter for Obaid Siddiqi from his supervisor at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, where Siddiqi was doing research prior to his PhD in Glasgow. 1957.

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Reference letter for Obaid Siddiqi from Riayat Khan, who was his teacher at the Aligarh Muslim University. Siddiqi would then move to IARI, and then for a PhD in Glasgow. 1957.

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Alan Garen's invitation to Obaid Siddiqi in 1960 for post-doctoral work in his new lab at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia