Question

Dr Homi Bhabha is known as the father of Indian missile technology?
A) Yes
B) No

Answer 1

Hint: Homi J. Bhabha or known as Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on $30$ October $1909$. He was an Indian Nuclear physicist. He was the founder and professor of Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Complete answer:
Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born into a prominent wealthy Parsi family and was linked to businessmen Dinshaw Maneckji Petit and Dorabji Tata through his family. His father was the well-known Parsi lawyer Jehangir Hormusji Bhabha, and his mother was Mehran. After passing his Senior Cambridge Examination with Honours, he entered Elphinstone College at the age of $15$ after receiving his early education at Bombay's Cathedral and John Connon School.

Homi J. Bhabha, also known as the "Father of the Indian Nuclear Program," was the founder of the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET), which is now known as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. TIFR and AEET were the cornerstones of India's nuclear weapons production, which Bhabha oversaw as director.

The undisputed father of India's missile programme is Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He has given the Agni and Prithvi ballistic missiles new life, putting China and Pakistan well within India's missile range. It's too exhausting to keep track of Dr. Abdul Kalam's accomplishments so far. He was a trailblazer in the space department in the $1960s$ and $1970s$.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: Kalam turned the dormant Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad into a highly motivated group in the $1980s$. By the $1990s$, Kalam had established himself as India's science and technology czar, and he had been awarded the Bharat Ratna.