Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry
Scientist
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry or R. M. Chaudhry (Urdu: رفیع محمد چودهرى) FPAS HI, NI, SI, Skdt (1 July 1903 – 4 December 1988), was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a professor of particle physics at the Government College University. He is widely regarded as having been the pioneer of experimental nuclear physics research in Pakistanand, along with Abdus Salam and Ishrat Hussain Usmani, one of the main creators of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program in the 1970s. Chaudhry, who served as professor of nuclear physics at Government College University, was later referred to by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, one of his students, as "the true father of the Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme".
Personal facts
| Birth date | July 01, 1903 |
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| Birth name | Rao Rafi Muhammad |
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| Birth place | Aligarh district , Aligarh Uttar Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh , Rohtak district , East Punjab |
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| Date of death | December 04, 1988 |
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| Place of death | Pakistan , Punjab Pakistan , Lahore |
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| Education | Aligarh Muslim University |
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| Known for | Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction |
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